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A  SELECTIVE  MICROFILM  EDITION 
PARTV 
(1911-1919) 


Thomas  E.  Jeffrey 
Senior  Editor 

Brian  C.  Shipley 
Theresa  M.  Collins 
Linda  E.  Endersby 
Editors 

David  A.  Ranzan 
Indexing  Editor 

Janette  Pardo 
Richard  Mizclle 
Peter  Mikulas 
Indexers 

Paul  B.  Israel 
Director  and  General  Editor 


Sponsors 

Rutgers,  The  State  University  of  New  Jersey 
National  Park  Service,  Edison  National  Historic  Site 
New  Jersey  Historical  Commission 


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Copyright  ©  2007  by  Rutgers,  The  State  University 


All  rights  reserved.  No  part  of  this  publication  including  any  portion  of  the  guide  and 
index  or  of  the  microfilm  may  be  reproduced,  stored  in  a  retrieval  system,  or  transmitted  in  any 
form  by  any  means — graphic,  electronic,  mechanical,  or  chemical,  including  photocopying, 
recording  or  taping,  or  information  storage  and  retrieval  systems — without  written  permission  of 
Rutgers,  The  State  University  of  New  Jersey,  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey. 

The  original  documents  in  this  edition  are  from  the  archives  at  the  Edison  National 
Historic  Site  at  West  Orange,  New  Jersey. 


ISBN  978-0-88692-887-2 


THOMAS  A.  EDISON  PAPERS  STAFF  (2007) 


Director  and  General  Editor 
Paul  Israel 

Senior  Editor 
Thomas  Jeffrey 

Associate  Editors 
Louis  Carlat 
Theresa  Collins 

Assistant  Editor 
David  Hochfeldcr 

Indexing  Editor 
David  Ranzan 

Consulting  Editor 
Linda  Endcrsby 

Visiting  Editor 
Amy  Flanders 

Editorial  Assistants 

Alexandra  Rimer 
Kelly  Enright 
Eric  Barry 

Outreach  and  Development 
(Edison  Across  the  Curriculum) 
Theresa  Collins 

Business  Manager 
Rachel  Wcisscnburgcr 


BOARD  OF  SPONSORS  (2007) 


Rutgers,  The  State  University  of  New  Jersey  National  Park  Service 

Richard  L.  McCormick  Maryanne  Gerbauckas 

Ziva  Galili  Michelle  Ortwein 

Ann  Fabian 

Paul  Clemens  Smithsonian  Institution 

Harold  Wallace 

New  Jersey  Historical  Commission 
Marc  Mappen 


EDITORIAL  ADVISORY  BOARD  (2007) 


Robert  Friedel,  University  of  Maryland 
Louis  Galambos,  Johns  Hopkins  University 
Susan  Hockey,  Oxford  University 
Thomas  P.  Hughes,  University  of  Pennsylvania 
Ronald  Kline,  Cornell  University 
Robert  Rosenberg,  John  Wiley  &  Sons 
Marc  Rothenberg,  Joseph  Henry  Papers,  Smithsonian  Institution 
Philip  Scranton,  Rutgers  Univcrsity/Hagley  Museum 
Merritt  Roe  Smith,  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology 


FINANCIAL  CONTRIBUTORS 


Wc  thankfully  acknowledge  the  vision  and  support  of  Rutgers  University  and  the 
Thomas  A.  Edison  Papers  Board  of  Sponsors. 

This  edition  was  made  possible  by  grant  funds  provided  from  the  New  Jersey  Historical 
Commission,  National  Historical  Publications  and  Records  Commission,  and  The  National 
Endowment  for  the  Humanities.  Major  underwriting  has  been  provided  by  the  Barkley  Fund, 
through  the  National  Trust  for  the  Humanities,  and  by  The  Charles  Edison  Foundation. 

We  are  grateful  for  the  generous  support  of  the  IEEE  Foundation,  the  Hyde  &  Watson 
Foundation,  the  Martinson  Family  Foundation,  and  the  GE  Foundation.  We  acknowledge  gifts 
from  many  other  individuals,  as  well  as  an  anonymous  donor;  the  Association  of  Edison 
Illuminating  Companies;  and  the  Edison  Electric  Institute.  For  the  assistance  of  all  these 
organizations  and  individuals,  as  well  as  for  the  indispensable  aid  of  archivists,  librarians, 
scholars,  and  collectors,  the  editors  are  most  grateful. 


A  Note  on  the  Sources 
The  pages  which  have  been 
filmed  are  the  best  copies 
available.  Every  technical 
effort  possible  has  been 
made  to  ensure  legibility. 


PUBLICATION  AND  MICROFILM 
COPYING  RESTRICTIONS 

Reel  duplication  of  the  whole  or  of 
any  part  of  this  film  is  prohibited. 
In  lieu  of  transcripts,  however, 
enlarged  photocopies  of  selected 
items  contained  on  these  reels 
may  be  made  in  order  to  facilitate 
research. 


EDISON  GENERAL  FILE  SERIES 


1913 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913 


E-1 3-01  Advertising  [not  selected] 

E-13-02  Advice 

E-1 3-03  Architectural  Concrete  Company 
E-1 3-04  Articles 

E-1 3-05  Autograph  and  Photograph  Requests 

E-1 3-06  Automobile 

E-1 3-07  Aviation  [not  selected] 

E-1 3-08  Battery,  Primary 

E-1 3-09  Battery,  Storage  -  General 

E-1 3-1 0  Battery,  Storage  -  Delivery  Wagons  -  Endurance  Tests 

E-1 3-1 1  Battery,  Storage  -  Delivery  Wagons  -  Lansden  Company 

E-1 3-1 2  Battery,  Storage  -  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company 

E-1 3-1 3  Battery,  Storage  -  Electric  Vehicles 

E-1 3-14  Battery,  Storage  -  Federal  Storage  Battery  Car  Company 

E-1 3-1 5  Battery,  Storage  -  Foreign 

E-1 3-1 6  Birthday  Greetings 

E-1 3-1 7  Book  and  Journal  Orders 

E-1 3-1 8  Business  Propositions  [not  selected] 

E-1 3-1 9  Cement 

E-1 3-20  Cement  House 

E-1 3-21  Charities  and  Loans 

E-1 3-22  Christmas  and  New  Year  Greetings  [not  selected] 

E-1 3-23  Cigarettes 

E-1 3-24  Clubs  and  Societies 

E-1 3-25  Copyright 

E-1 3-26  Deafness 

E-1 3-27  Edison,  T.  A. 

E-1 3-28  Edison  Chemical  Works 
E-1 3-29  Edison  Club  [not  selected] 

E-1 3-30  Edison  Crushing  Roll  Company 

E-1 3-31  Edison  Portland  Cement  Company 

E-1 3-32  Edison  Star  [not  selected] 

E-1 3-33  Education 


E-13-34 

Electric  Light 

E-13-35 

Electric  Pen  [not  selected] 

E-13-36 

Employment 

E-13-37 

Equipment  and  Supplies 

E-13-38 

Exhibitions 

E- 13-39 

Family 

E-13-40 

Fan  Mail  [not  selected] 

E- 13-41 

Financial 

E- 13-42 

Ford,  Henry 

E-13-43 

Foreign-Language  Documents  (Untranslated)  [not  selected] 

E-13-44 

Fort  Myers 

E-13-45 

Glenmont 

E- 13-46 

Halogen  Products  Company 

E- 13-47 

Health  and  Diet 

E-13-48 

Honors  and  Awards 

E-13-49 

Insurance 

E-13-50 

Invitations  [not  selected] 

E-13-51 

Lectures 

E-13-52 

Legal  -  General 

E-13-53 

Legal  -  Litigation 

E-13-54 

Menlo  Park 

E-13-55 

Miner’s  Safety  Lamp 

E- 13-56 

Mining  -  General 

E-13-57 

Mining  -  Metals  and  Other  Minerals 

E- 13-58 

Mining  -  Ore  Milling 

E-13-59 

Motion  Pictures 

E- 13-60 

Name  Use 

E-13-61 

New  Jersey  Patent  Company 

E-13-62 

Patents 

E-13-63 

Personal  -  General 

E-13-64 

Personal  -  Johnson,  Edward  H. 

E-13-65 

Phonograph  -  General 

E-13-66 

Phonograph  -  Edison  Phonograph  Works  [not  selected] 

E-13-67 

Pohatcong  Railroad  Company  [not  selected] 

E-13-68 

Politics 

E-13-69 

Port  Huron  [not  selected] 

E- 13-70 

Proudfoot’s  Commercial  Agency 

E-1 3-71  Radio  [not  selected] 

E- 13-72  Real  Estate 

E-1 3-73  Religion  and  Spiritualism 

E-1 3-74  Secretary  [not  selected] 

E-1 3-75  Stock  and  Bond  Offerings  [not  selected] 

E-1 3-76  Telegraph 

E-1 3-77  Telephone  [not  selected 

E-1 3-78  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Inc.  -  General 

E-1 3-79  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Inc.  -  Accounts  [not  selected] 

E-1 3-80  Visitors 

E-1 3-81  Warren  County  Warehouse  Company 
E-1 3-82  West  Orange  Laboratory 
E-1 3-83  X-Rays  [not  selected] 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Advertising  [not  selected]  (E-13-01) 


This  folder  contains  solicitation  letters  from  advertising  managers. 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Advice  (E-13-02) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  from  inventors  and  others  asking 
for  Edison's  advice  on  technical  matters  or  his  assistance  in  improving  or 
promoting  inventions.  Among  the  documents  for  1913  is  a  letter  from  Frank 
p.  Hill,  chief  librarian  of  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library,  concerning  books  printed 
on  materials  other  than  paper,  along  with  a  letter  from  Isaac  H.  Blanchard  & 
Co.,  Printers,  regarding  humidity  control  and  elimination  of  static  electricity  in 
pressrooms.  Also  included  is  correspondence  from  Charles  Edison  and  John 
Campbell  of  the  Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Co.  of  Boston  pertaining  to  their 
investigation  of  junction  box  explosions  and  the  possible  use  of  Edison  s 
odoroscope  for  measuring  moisture  and  gases.  In  addition,  there  are 
occasional  communications  exchanged  among  Edison,  his  personal  assistant 
William  H.  Meadowcroft,  and  employees  such  as  William  W.  Dinwiddle, 
Newman  H.  Holland,  and  H.  T.  Leeming. 

A  sample  of  the  documents  has  been  selected,  including  all  items 
bearing  substantive  marginalia  by  Edison. 


Jany  9th,  1913. 

Kr  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Sir: 

Your  suggestion  regarding  the  use  of 
Paraffin £on  printed  matter  is  an  excellent  one,  and 
I  wonder  that  some  one  has  not  thought  of  it  before. 
The  only  way  that  it  could  be  used  would  be  on 
the  bound  volumes  of  'Newspapers,  and  to  dip  the 

or  even  the  sheets  would  mean  a  large  amount 
of  time  and  labor.  At  tho  Brooklyn  Publio 
Library,  we  have  been  experimenting  with  "Cellit", 
a  compound  made  by  the  Chemioal  Products  Co  of 
Boston, /fe  expect  good  results  from  it. 

Please  accept  my  thanks  for  your 
cjurtesy  and  interest. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Chief  Librarian. 

S.  P.  H. 


C.  J.  a. 


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Assistant  to  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison 

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Dear  Sir, 

We  beg  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  valued  favour 
dated  Jan.  16th.  contents  of  which  have  had  our  full  interest 
and  for  which  please  accept  our  best  thanks. 

Assuring  you,  that  we  will  treat  your  information  in 

Btrict  confidence, 

We  remain,  Dear  Sir, 

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GENERAL  PATENTyCO^PANy. 

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Telephone:  6764  WESTERN.  ^  ^  5  Omees-'X'  / 

jy*  &  23  KjiA.mp.h  Mews,  Richmow»~11oau, 

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Thos  A.  Edison  Esqr. 

Llewellyn  Park,  New  Jersey  U.3.A. 


Dear  Sir, 

It  Is  with  pleaBant  reoolleotions  that  I  recall  my  visit 
to  your  laboratories  about  October  1807,  when  I  presented  a  letter 
of  introduction  from  Oolone*  0*  Bray,  Consol  General  for  tJ.S^.ln 
Australia,  slnee  when  I  have  been  in  England  establishing  a  business 
for  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  my  Patent  Trolleys  for  Tramways,  * 
am  pleased  to  say  that  i  have  succeeded  In  getting  most  of  the 
principle  Systems  to  universally  adopt  these  Trolleys  with  greatest 


success «n 

I  am  now  considering  opening  up  the  other  t3ritorles 

and  coming  over  to  the  States  only  before  negotiating  elsewhere  I 
am  desirous  of  knowing  If  you  would  oars  to  make  soma  arrangements 
with  me  for  the  sals  anj^sanufaoturs  of  these  Patents  In  America 
under  the  titirof*Ihe  Edison  Holmes*  Trolleys  on  some  reasonable 
business  basis.  With  ysur  whole  hearted  ce-cperation  and 

influence  1  am  sure  wo  could  dm  an  enormous  business,  by  sale  of 
goods,  or  by  sals  of  licenses,  throughout  the  vast  territory  In 
Amerloa. 

Under  separate  cover  I  am  sending  an  Illustrated  slip 


M»t  Jan  18. 


(  t  ) 

T.  A.  E.  Esqr 

describing  the  patent,  the  chief  featpiwr  of  which  are:- 
I.  It  is  a  Trolley  harp  with  the  spindle  mounted  In  two  inclined 
slots  on  sliding  blocks  whloh  are  held  at  the  top  of  these  slots  by 
two  light  springs.  These  are  overoome  by  the  pressure  of  the 

Trolley  PW-e  against  the  wire,  therefore  the  wheel  is  floating  on  the 
springs,  which  means  that  the  slightest  pressure  on  either  side  of  * 
the  wheel  releases  the  pressure  on  the  opposite  spring  and  the  wheel 
automatically  follows  any  errors  of  alignment  of  the  wire.  Added 
to  this  Is  the  cushioning  effect  of  the  springs  and  the  subsequent 
reduction  of  sparking  with  the  resultant  saving  of  wear  of  the 
Trolley  wheels  and  wire.  In  England  where  these  heads  are  now 
in  dally  use  In  large  numbers  the  users  find  that  an  ordinary 
soft  Wheel  that  used  to  run  only  3000  miles  now  runjfls  8000  In  our 
heads,  a  saving  well  worthy  of  consideration.  Further  to  tils 
it  is  almost  Impossible  to  dislodge  the  head  from  the  wire  owing 
to  the  cushioning  affect  of  the  springs,  and  from  oar  experience 
we  feel  sure  that  we  have  solved  the  problem  oft  high  epeed  trolleys 
for  all  classes  of  railways. 

The  cost  of  production  Is  only  a  fow  cents  more  than  that 
of  the  ordinary  trolleys  and  no  doubt  we  could  demand  a  selling  price 
which  would  provide  a  very  handsome  profit . 

I  hope  to  be  in  the  States  In  a  few  weeks  time  and  will 
give  myself  the  pleasure  of  calling  to  discuss  tbt  mattsr  more 
In  the  mean  time  awaiting  your  reply. 


fully. 


I  am  Yours  truly. 


GEORGE  T. 


(jAO 

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Mr.  Thomas  A 
East  Orange, 
Hew  Jersey. 


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The  writer  is  deeply  interested  in  t; 
scientific  farming,  and,  having  read  a  number  of  arti¬ 
cles  which  lead  me  to  believe  that  you  are  also  inter 
ested^n  this  subject,  I  am  taking  the  liberty  of  address-/ 
ing  you  in  the  matter,  and  1  am  sure-you  will  be  able  to  / 
give  me  the  desired  information.  I 

I  am  a  firm  believer  that  the  farming  proposi- 

r„.‘To§sVc^  mil/.  snsLr^SiSssr;; 

Dakota  and  am  interested  in  the  development  of  some 
SO  000* acres  of  land  in  Wisconsin.  I  spend  my  summers 
on  my  property  in  North  Dakota,  and  last  year  succeeded 
in  getting  the  property  on  to  what  I  consider  a  very  effi 
cient  and  paying  basis. 

I  am  now  confronted  with  the  difficulties  in 
regard  to  the  power  question.  Gasolene  is  apparently 
going  to  double  in  price,  and  will  perhaps  8°  ®v®? Pthfr" 
er  in  North  Dakota, there  being  a  question  as  to  whether 
we  can  be  supplied  at  all,  or  not.  Consequently,  to  come 
to  the  point,  after  reading  all  I  could  find  regarding 
your  storage  battery  and  its  operation,  I  have  become 
convinced  that  the  solution  of  the  power  question  for  us 
is  the  use  of  your  storage  batteries  and  motors  for 
tractor  power  and  other  uses,  and  in  that  connection  we 
are  able  to  secure,  through  our  ever  handy  supply  of  lig¬ 
nite  coal,  current  at  very  reasonable  figures  by  the  gas 
producer  process. 

I  contemplate  taking  a  trip  east  the  last  part 
of  this  .  month,  and  would  deeply  appreciate  a  very  short 
audience  with  you  on  this  subject,  or,  if  that  is  not  pos 
sible  or  convenient  for  you,  a  suggestion  as  to  where  I 
may  get  the  necessary  figures  and  advice  with  reference  to 
this  power  matter  which  I  believe  is  of  the  utmost  impor¬ 
tance  to  farming  operations  of  the  whole  country, as  well 
as  in  our  own  particular  section.  / 

Assuring  you  of  my  deep  appre&ferfi on 


Mr  Thomas  A.,  Edison 


Orange.'1.  J. 


You  have  g'ven  to  the  public  so  many  practical  illustrations  of 
vour  ability  to  do  most  anything  with  the  Electric  Currant  I  want  to  ask 
you  if  you  have  it  in  your  power  to  apply  it  in  heating  water .makeing  atea 
i£  quantity  to  heat  a  House.  I  am  tired  of  shoveling  coal  and  ashes. 

If  you  can  get  up  a  holler  that  can  he  made  practical  by  the  use 
of  Electricy, makeing  steam  in  sufficient  a*»untity  to  keep  a  House  in  as  com¬ 
fortable  a  condition  as  steam  made  with  coal  at  a  reasonable  Pri°e  “■ 

poor  man  can  afford  to  use  it, there  must  be  a  fortune  for  the  one  "ho  will 
produce  such  a  boiler  that  will  accomplish  tnis  work.  Can  this  be  done  ? 

Will  you.if  you  can  find  time  to  attempt  it, try  the  experiment  1  ,  ,  . 

7  With  Buch  a  boiler  with  Electricity  for  power  at  a  medium  cost.l  think 
that  I  could  sail  a  million  of  them  myself. 

If  you  can  spare  enough  of  your  valuable  time  to  give  me  a  reply  on 
this  subject  I  will  appreciate  it  very  highly. 

Yours  truly, 

G.W. Hilton, 1.1. D. 


If  you, like  most  of  mortals  are  subject  to  colds, I  would  be  glad  to  send  you 
a  bottle  of  my  Specific  Ho. 3  that  will  cure  Bolds .Grippe .Bronchitis  and  all 
Ill's  that  develop  from  a  cold, and  PREVENT  Pneumonia,  with  my  compliments 
if  you  will  try  it  on  the  first  cold  that  you  have. 


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PREVENTION 

The  Only  Sure  Xure 
for  Pneumonia. 

k  Neglected  Cold  Is  the  Germ  That 
Develops  Pneumonia. 


Kills  the  Cold,  and  PREVENTS  Pneumonia, 
Grippe,  Bronchitis  and  ALL  Ills 
that  Develop  from  IT. 

Never  Kills  the  Heart  or  Injures  the  Stomach. 


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Hon.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  H.J. 

My  dear  sir : - 

May  v/e  take  just  one  moment  of  your  time  to  give  us  an  explanation  of 


i  of  the  photographs  enclosed? 

Ho.  1  was  taken  in  the  usuual  way  with  an  ordinary  flash,  the  writer 
;hting  the  flash  and  running  into  range  of  focus.  Lights  extinguished. 

Ho.  2,  A  member  of  the  party  not  knowing  that  another  exposurewasto 
he  made  turned  on  tho  gas  lights,  the  flash  was  discharged  and 
the  picturo  taken  as  shown.  The  streaks  acroso  the  photograph 
are  to  our  mind  photographs  of  the  smoke  from  the  first  flash; 
Y/e  would  inouire  whether  tho  peculiar  formation  of  the  smoke 
is,  in  your  judgment,  produced  by  tho  currents  of  an  nioduced 
by  the  heat  from  the  £as  lights.  The  distance  between  the  two 
chandeliers  is  about  14  feet. 

Tho  eB»  assembled  are  the  officials  and  activo  workers  of  this  County 
bbath-school  Association  and  the  Indies  were  our  hostesses. 

Thanking  you  in  advance  for  the  courtesy,  with  heartiest  good  wishes,  . 

Most  respectf ullyi>yours , 


“front  line  position  maintained— advanced  STANDARD  ATTAINED.” 


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An  Epistle  to  Bible  Teachers 


By  JOSEPH  CLARK,  D.  D. 
(PARAPHRASE  OF  1ST  COR.  13O 


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Ho.  1 

Prom  3.  S*  Sm'3.1* 
York,  2a. 


Ho.  2 

Prom  D.E- Small, 


York,  ?a. 


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CITIZENS’  PUBLIC  UTILITIES  CLUB 


FRED  CERNERT 
W.W.THUM  » 

ALFRED  BRANDEIS 


CHARLES  P.  BARtON 


„oVjo*0,rf' 

fvOV  ’  LOUISVILLE.  KY.March/16j 

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,..h; 

Dear  Sir:  ^  ^ 

We  are  very  much  interested  here  iff 

proper  pas  and  electric  franchise  1 
to  furnish  light,  heat  r 

Louisville  for  a  period  of  twenty  years .^Thc  qjjj 
relative  to  rates  and  the  details  to  he  incoi^i 
franchise.  „ 

Knowing  that  you  at  one  time  livedf3^LoiK^g,l^c 
doubt  have  a  warm  spot  in  your  heart  for  this  city*;  'vc  . 

®ould  probably  be  willing  to  advise  us  as  to  the  ad^jAfbi^itje^r  imucj^g 
a  twenty  year  contract  for  electricity  to  be  furnish^jjjj^cit^s  of  (V  /  ^ 
Louisville  at  the  following  rates:’ 

From  100  to  150  kilowats,  8^  per  kilowat  hour 
prompt  payment,  7-6/l0^  net. 

From  1501  to  300  kilowats,  per  kilowat  hour,  'With  5^/ 
prompt  payment,  O-GO/lflCfji  net.  .  f^' ' 

From  300  to  500  kilowats,  Gji  per  kilowat  hour,  with  5$  disdt.  for 
prompt  payment,  5-7/lOj^  net.  j 


CITIZENS’  PUBLIC  UTILITIES  CLUB 


alfreeTdrandhs  704  LOUISVILLE  TRUST  BLDG. 


Louisville,  Ky. 

BOO  kilowats  enough,  5$  per  kilowat  hour,  with  diset;  for  prompt 
payment,  4-74/lOOji  net. 

Rates  for  furnishing  power,  maximum  rate,  4ji. 

Is  it  wise  to  make  a  contract  for  twenty  years  at  this  rate? 
Under  competition  in  our  city  at  the  present  time,  domestic  rates  are 
Bfo  net,  and  commercial  rates  for  light  arc  as  low  as  2-l/2j<  net  on 
large  contracts.  You  will  see  that  the  above  scale  increases  the  rate 
over  the  existing  rates.  The  companies,  although  they  are  selling  out 
to  the  consolidated  company  at  f ;ve  for  one  on  the  original  investment, 
yeti  claim  that  they  cannot  make  money  at  the  present  competitive  rates, 
andthat  the  rotfesswould  have  to  he  increased.  You  will  also  notice 
that  no  rate  is  provided  for  where  the  consumption  is  over  BOO  kilowat 
hours.  The  company  claims  that  they  will  leave  this  question  open  to 
he  decided  hy  contracts  between  the  consumers  and  the  company.  With 
a  monopoly,  however,  the  consumers  will  have  very  little  chance  to 
contract . 

Some  time  ago,  there  was  published  a  statement,  a  general  news 
item  which  was  published  in  our  papers,  which  we  cannot  lay  our  hands 
on  at  present,  in  which  you  were  credited  with  the  statement  that  short¬ 
ly,  electricity  would  be  manufactured  so  cheaply  that  it  would  literally 
turn  night  into  day.  Tie  understand  that  the  turbine  engine  has  done 
much  toward  generating  the  current,  and  that  considerable  more  is  expected 


—  CITIZENS'  PUBLIC  UTILITIES  CLUB 


FRED  GERNERT 

ALFRED  BRANDE1S 
W.  HUME  LOGAN 
NORMAN  RUSHTON 

CHARLES  P.  BARTON 
DR.  FRANK  C.  WILiON 
DR.  SAMUEL  E.  WOODY 
HENRY  M.  JOHNSON 
WM.  CORNWALL.  JR. 
WALLACE  G.  MILLER 
JAMES  F.  GAMBLE 


704  LOUISVILLE  TRUST  BLDG. 

ights  of  tho  citixen.  of  Loui.villo,  wi 


Louisville.  Ky. 

from  the  Diesel  engine.  Your  statement  impressed  many  people  with 
’the  view  that  you  probably  had  in  mind  a  method  ormeans  or  device 
whereby  electricity  could  be  in  a  short  time  manufactured  very  much 
cheaper  than  at  present.  If  so,  it  would  certainly  be  unwise  for  the 
city  to  contract  for  these  rates  for  twenty  years. 

We  recognize  that  we  may  be  imposing  upon  you  in  writing  this 
letter,  but  there  is  not  a  one  of  us  who  is  actuated  by  any  other 
desire  than  to  assist  our  people  and  build  up  our  city,  and  we  want 
..11  the  light  we  can  get  upon  this  question.  Anything  you  may  do  for 
us  in  this  regard  will  be  greatly  appreciated  by  our  Committee  and  by 
the  citizensof  Louisville. 

Not  knowing  your  exact  address,  we  arc  taking  the  liberty  of 
addressing  two  such  communications  to  yon,  one  directed  to  Menlo  Park, 
and  one  to  Orange . 

Trusting  that  we  may  be  facorod  with  a  reply,  and  with  kindest 
rerards  from  a  town  that  feels  itself  honored  in  having  at  one  time 
housed  the  world's  greatest  scientist,  we  beg  to  remain, 


Very  truly. 


CITIZENS  PUBLIC  UTILITIES  CLUB, 


WASHINGTON  BOARD  OF  TRADE 

WASHINGTON,  PENNSYLVANIA 


Dear  Sir, 

Per  some  months  we  have  teen  working  on  a  proposition  to  bring  a  street- 
oar  line  into  Washington  which  would  mean  a  very  large  increase  in  the  busi¬ 
ness  of  our  merchants  and  be  of  great  benefit  to  the  eastern  part  of  our 
county.  Unfortunately  a  perpetual  and  exclusive  franchise  was  granted  to 
the  present  street-car  oompany  some  years  ago,  tieing  up  most  of  the  best 
streets  over  mhich.  aooess  is  possible  into  the  business  part  of  the  oity. 

One  street,  however,  praotioally  the  only  street  now  givlne  aooess  to  the 
business  oenter,  passes  the  W.  &  J.  College  and  the  new  physios  building  in 
whioh  delicate  eleotrio  instruments  have  been  recently  installed. 


The  oollege  authorities  fear  that  a  trolley  line  passing  this  building 
will  seriously  damage  their  instruments.  The  importance  of  this  street-oar 
line  is  many  timee  greater  than  the  small  use  the  oollege  students  make  of 
these  instruments,  but  if  any  safeguard  can  be  thrown  around  these  instru¬ 
ments,  we  wish  to  provide  the  same. 


Would  you  be  able  to  make  ary  suggestions  as  to  how  we  could  have  the 
street-oar  line  come  down  this  street  and  also  protect  the  instruments  in 
the  buildine  from  harm.  If  you  are  willing  to  help  ub  out  and  require  cer¬ 
tain  data  touohing  the  situation,  we  shall  be  very  glad  to  furnish  it. 


Very  truly  yourB, 


Packer,  conn.,  March  ’.it.  Inis. 

*•  ...... 

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of  water  in  ^ro; 


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or  oeorease*.  electricity  coquet,*  to  neighboring  factories  or  farms, 
hv  wire  from  Pynamo  nn  boarr1  the  raft. 

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Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Newark.,  N.J. 

%  kind  Sir: 

1  hope  you  will  pardon  the  liberty  I  have  taken  ^writinj 
you  but  we  have  a  debate  sceduled  soon  upon  the  question  and  1  woulo. 
like  to  have  your  opinion  upon  the  subject.  1  am  upon  the  affirmative 
side  of  the  question  ,  Resolved:  That  in  human  progress  imagination 
has  been  a  more  important  factor  than  judgment.  This  As  a  High  Schod 


debate . 

I  would  be  much  obliged  if  you  would  favor  me  by  telling  me  the 
effect  imagination  has  had  upon  your  inventions  in  your  o  pinion  and 
any  other  matter'  you  deBire  tD  favon  me>  with. 

Inclosed  find  self-addressed,  stamped  envelope..  Thanking  you  in 


advances  I  am, 

Yours  Respectfully, 


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Synopsis 

invented  n  means  of  floating  on  the  surfaced  water  i 
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that  he  remained  in  the  water  for  three  hours,  although  its  temperature  was  about 


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r\ri\u.a  2  c*x. 


MR  THOS  A.  EDISON, 


GLENSFALLS  NY  MAM  3RD. 


J' ABOUT  40  OR  50  TEARS  AGO  THERE  WAS  OR  THE  MARKET  A  . 
IYPE-PRINTING  TELEGRAPH  l NSTRUMENT  CALLED  THE"  "POPE -EDI SON"  MACHINE 
MADE  OV  THE  AMERICAN  TYPE  PRINTING  CO.  OP  NEWYORK ,  THIS  PIRM  HAS  GONE 
OUT  OP  BUSINESS  I  UNDERSTAND.  AND  I  AM  WRITING  YOU  TO  ASK.  IP  YOU  CAN 

MACHINES  OP  YOUR  INVENTION.  THE  PART  DESIRED  IS  THE  «*»»». 

CONTAINING  THE  TYPW  WHEEL  WITH  RACHETS  THE  KEYS  AND  POLARIZED 
WOULO  NOT  CARE  POR,  AS  CAN  GET  THESE  INSTRUMENTS  ANY  WHERE. 

WOULO  YCU  KINOL-Y  ADVISE  ME  WHERE  YOU  THINK  I  MAY  OBTAIN  THI 
AND  WHERE  YOU  THINK  I  COULD  HAVE  THE-  MADE  ,P  THEY  ARE  NOT  NOW  ON  ^ 

MARKET  OR  ON  STOCK  « 

-  THANKING  YOU  IN  ADVANCE 

I  AM 

RESPY  YOURS  . 

J.A.  KENNEOY  k  f  ^  ^ 

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In  this  part  of  Wost  Texas  there  are  vast  areas 


of  country  in  which  it  is  very  difieult  to  find  wattor  by 
digging.  Some  time  numbers  of  dry  hole  are  bored  and  no  water 
found.  I  have  thought  for  a  number  of  years  that  if  you  eeujuIv 
could  invent  an  electical  instrument  that  would  be  able  to  de¬ 
tect  the  presence  of  water  down  several  feet  under  the  surface 
of  the  earth  that'  you  would  confer  a  groat  boon  on  this  country 
I  do  not  know  that  it  would  be  possible  to  make  such  an  instil¬ 
ment.  I  merely  coll  it  to  your  attention.  If  it  meets  vjith 
your  approval  and  investigation,  I  shall  fool  well  paid  for  havb- 


3  suggestion. 


r.ery  Pespectfully, 

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THE  EDISON  ELECTRIC  ILLUMINATING  COMPANY  OF  BOSTON 
General  Offices.  39  Baylsloa  Street. 

Boston,  Hass. 

Boston,  May  9,  1913. 


Mr.  W.  H.  Headoworoft, 

*he  T.  A.  Edison  Laboratories, 

Orange,  New  Jersey. 

My  dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft:  - 

I  am  enclosing  a  letter  to  Mr.  Edison  and  one 
from  Charles  to  you  which  X  think  will  explain  the  situation. 

With  Mr.  Edison’s  permission  I  personally  be¬ 
lieve  that  if  we  can  build  one,  even  in  the  rough  in  the 
first  place,  and  then  if  our  results  show  that  the  instrument 
is  going  to  give  us  the  kind  of  information  we  want,  we  could 
have  one  built  at  the  Laboratory  for  us  in  the  beBt  possible 
manner  to  take  care  of  the  situation. 

With  kind  personal  regards  and  regretting  that 
X  have  to  further  trespass  on  your  time,  I  remain, 

Yours  very  truly, 

jj.  4-JU 

Supt.  Special  Service  Department. 


JC/ECC 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


,^/5 

E  EDISON  ELECTRIC  ILLUMINATING  COMPANY  OF  BOSTON 


Boston,  May  9,  1913 < 


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Mr.  Thomas  A.  EdiBon, 

The  T.  A.  Edison  Laboratories, 
Orange,  New  Jersey. 


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My  dear  Mr.  Edison:-  v  .  <!©  y-fV’  ^  v 

In  connection  with  our  investigation  of  ^ 

junction  box  explosions;  Charles  called  my  attention 
your  Odorosoope  which  it  seems  to  me  could  be  used  to  ¥ 

give  ub  valuable  preliminary  information,  even  though^S*’  ^ jjJ 
we  did  not  want  to  turn  the  information  over  to  other 
parties,  but  to  use  it  confidentially.  (frt  ^  ^4/' 

If  not  presuming  too  much  on  your  good  ^ju  \ 

nature  I  would  like  your  permission  to  either  build  one  ^ 
for  preliminary  use  or  to  make  arrangements  to  have  your  f 
Laboratory  build  one  for  ub  at  our  expense.  I  would  be 
very  glad  to  come  down  and  take  this  matter  up  personally  p 


Thanking  you  for  your  oourtesy  : 


I  am 


jc/ecc 


Yours  very  truly, 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


THE  EDISON  ELECTRIC  ILLUMINATING  COMPANY  OF  BOSTON 
General  Offices.  39  Houston  Street. 

Boston. Mass. 


May  8, 


1915. 


Mr.  Meadowcroft, 

Edison  Laboratory, 

West  Orange,  !!.J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft: 

Do  you  think  you  could  find  any  notes  or  specifi¬ 
cations  on  the  "Odoroscope"  Hr.  Edison  got  up  a  good  many  years 
ago?  It  is  mentioned  in  the  Dyer-Martin  Biography.  If  you 
can  find  nothing  about  it  .would  you  ask  the  "Old  Man"  what  - 
if  he  can  remember  it  -  was  the  coating  used  in  detecting 
illuminating  gas  -  gasoline  -  and  COg.  Also  about  how  big 
the  rubber  part  was.  V.'e  are  anxious  to  get  this  information 
as  soon  aB  possible. 

I  am  enclosing  some  clippings  from  English  papers 
handed  to  me  by  Hr.  Atkins  who  returned  only  yesterday, telling 
about  the  new  motion  pictures  at  the  Scala.  Please  be  sure 
that  Mr.  Edison  sees  them  as  I  think  he  will  be  interested. 

Thanking  you  for  any  trouble  you  may  go  to  in  regard 
to  the  "Odoroscope"  and  with  kindest  personal  regards,  I  am. 
Very  sincerely  yours , 

C  .haffe^  2(iiicrO. 


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My  friends  all  laugh  at  me  yet  admit  that  rnatfy  of  my  devices 
are  good.  They  say  that  there,  is  no  money  in  it  which  is 
the  same  thing  that  Mr.  Alvordof  the  "American  Machinist 
said.  What  I  wish  to  know  is  whether  this  is  a  possible 

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Vhether  there  is  any  place  that  by  payment  he  can  secure 
good  straight  advice  on  his  inventions*  In  every  other 
business  a  man  can  find  expert  help  and  secure  good  aavice 
but  I  have  been  at  it  several  years  and  I  havent  found  it  in 
this  yet. 

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predate  advice  as  to  the  cost  of  instigation  ^  mail  tenance .  y 
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ISAAC  II.  BLAIICIlAIlD  COM-JA 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Architectural  Concrete  Company  (E-13-03) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  business  of  the  Architectural  Concrete  Co.,  which  was  established  by 
Edison  to  diversify  the  applications  of  his  crushing  technologies  and  cement 
manufacturing.  Edison  was  chairman  of  the  board,  while  Walter  S.  Mallory, 
president  of  the  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co.,  served  as  president.  Only  one 
item  for  1913  has  been  selected:  a  letter  by  Mallory  pertaining  to  the 
company's  expected  contracts  and  profits  and  the  need  to  expand  the 
capacity  of  humidors  at  the  cement  plant  in  Stewartsville,  New  Jersey. 

The  documents  not  selected  consist  of  meeting  announcements  and 
letters  of  transmittal. 


Architectural  Concrete  Company 


Dear  Mr.  Edison 

I  teg  herewith  to  hand  you  a  card  covering 


the  business  of  the  Architectural  Concrete  Co.,  and  I  will 
arrange  hereafter  to  send  to  Mr.  Meadowcroft  a  monthly  rer 
port  giving  the  amount  of  shipments,  amount  of  contracts 
taken  during  the  month,  and  the  amount  of  contracts  hid  on 
during  the  month,  so  that  you  will  have  a  birds-eye  view 
of  what  we  are  doing. 

I  am  more  than  ever  convinced  that  there 


is  going  to  be  a  large  volume  of  business,  and  if  our 
estimates  as  to  the  manufacturing  costs  are  realized,  the 
business  should  be  quite  profitable.  In  addition  to  the 
amount  of  contracts  taken,  we  have  assurances  from  contractors 
and  architects  which  makes  us  believe  we  will  receive  within 
the  next  couple  weeks  orders  for  about  §18,000.00  additional. 


There  is  no  doubt  in  my  mind  but  that  it  will  be  necessary  for 
us  to  increase  our  plant  in  the  near  future.  I  am,  however, 
counting  on  using  one  of  the  Humidors  for  doing  a  portion  of 
the  work  in  case  we  get  behind  on.  our  work;-  This,  however, 
we  can  only  do  temporarily,  as  we  need  the  entire  Humidor 

capacity  when  we  are  shipping  heavily. 

The  figures  given  on  the  December  card  in¬ 
clude  up  to  Jan.  13th,  1913,  so  that  the  January,  figures  will 
probably! be  smaller.  Yours  very  truly 


President.  (  ) 


WSM-EBS 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Articles  (E-1 3-04) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  requesting  Edison  to  write  articles, 
letters  from  journalists  seeking  to  interview  him,  and  other  documents  relating 
to  articles  by  or  about  Edison  and  his  inventions.  Among  the  items  for  1913 
are  letters  from  the  publisher  and  managing  editor  of  The  Independent  in 
regard  to  a  survey  of  readers  that  named  Edison  the  "most  useful"  man  in 
America.  Also  included  are  numerous  letters  from  Winthrop  D.  Lane  and  other 
staff  of  The  Survey  concerning  an  upcoming  feature  article  on  Edison's  plan 
to  use  motion  pictures  as  a  teaching  tool  in  the  public  schools,  along  with 
page  proofs  from  the  September  6,1913  issue  in  which  the  article  appeared. 
In  addition,  there  is  correspondence  with  science  editor  and  author  Waldemar 
B.  Kaempffert  regarding  Edison's  willingness  to  allow  his  crushing 
technologies  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal.  Other 
correspondents  include  author-editor  Elbert  G.  Hubbard,  longtime  Edison 
associates  Thomas  Commerford  Martin  and  Samuel  S.  McClure,  and 
Colombian  explorer  and  author  Rafael  Reyes. 

Approximately  30  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
unselected  material  consists  of  items  that  received  a  perfunctory  response  or 
no  reply  from  Edison. 


NATIONAL,  AND  FIRST  INTERNATIONAL  CONVENTION,  TORONTO,  ONTARIO,  JULY 


EDOAR  OLIVER,  t 


The  Gideons 


THE  CHRISTIAN  COMMERCIAL  TRAVELERS’  ASSOCIATION 

of  America 


i  WINNING  COMMERCIAL  TRAVELING 
1  MEN  FOR  CHRIST 

..  _<£?’ 


,  HENDERSON,  Pi 


NATIONAL  HEADQUARTERS  rfi) 


"chTcToo-™;^  1913. 


Mr.  Meadowcroft, 

c/o  The  Edison  Company 
Orange,  N.  J 

My  dear  Mr.  Meadowcrof t:- 


l  ^ 


sending  you  under  another  cover 
a  copy  of  our  Gideon  magazine,  with  a  marked  article  which  I 
wish  you  would  read  and  ehow  to  Mr.  Edison. 

.m  you  .1.0  kindly  .ay  to  «•  «“»  “>**  1  *“*  al”“  ( 
a  short  tin.  .go  .ith  Hr.  John  A.  0—U.  01 

h  St  ».  Railroad  at  dinoinn.ti,  -ho  is  ay  brother',  fatherinleu, 

unable  to  get  at  hi.  on  ..count  o£  hi.  b.lng  .0  busy,  he  ...  ■ 

■Kr.  Ediion  and  1  e.r.  together  during  the  i»  loui.viU., 

Ky„  and  I  kne.  hi.  very  ..11  and  I  .in  ■  »•<> 
going  to  a«hW.  I  uould  h...  to  h.».  given  you  an  in¬ 

troduction  to  hi..  «  you  -rite  hi.  or  happen  to  be  in  Orange 
again,  ask  hi.  if  he  re.e.ber.  our  fellou.hip  together  there. 

you  .ill  b.  glad  to  notice  in  th.  ..rked  article  tha 
I '  secured  the  nece.s.ry  a—.  *«  Pl«»  ““**  “  •“hl“e*“ 

City. 


Mr.  Meadowcroft,  #3. 

Wishing  you  a  happy  and  prosperous  new  year,  I 


Yours  truly. 


HUNDRED 


8  Spruce  Street,  NEW  YORK, 
Jan.  11,  1913. 


Attention  of  Mr.  lteadoworoft. 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Laboratories, 

■Test  Orange,  H.  J. 

Ref erring  to  ny  telephone  conversation  with 
Mr.  lteadoworoft  a  few  days  ago,  I  thank  yon  for  your 
courtesy  in  saying  that  you  would  see  me  during  the  first 
part  of  the  coming  week.  I  beg  to  remind  you  of  the  ten¬ 
tative  engagement  and  will  call  Hr.  lteadoworoft  on  the  tele¬ 
phone  Monday  to  ask  that  it  be  made  definite,  and  of  course 
at  your  convenience. 

Very  truly  yours , 


The  Representative  Business  Newspaper  of  the  United  States. 


American  Thermos  Rot-tle  (ompany 

FACTORY  AND  GENERAL  OFFICES 


;.ir.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Uenloe  Park,  IT.  J. 

Dear  Sir  : 

Enclosed  herewith  please  find  copy  of  letter 
sent  this  day  to  the  Leslie's  Weekly  publication  which 
X  believe  will  he  interesting  to  you. 

Yours  very  truly 

PRESIDENT 


V/BWmgl 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Jan.  16  1913. 


Leslie's  V/eekly 
225  l^ifth  Ave. 
liew  York  City. 

Gentlemen: 

I  have  before  me  a  copy  of  your  publication  under- 
date  of  Jan.  7th  and  have  read  with  great  desire  at  this 
by  Thomas  Edison  and  William  Leflie's  attitude  in  relation 
«* «i  .*»««* 

question  of  price  maintenance. 

It  seems  to  the  writer  that  it  has 

r;ils.*Ki£S'.“  sssss:  susses  “ss;, 

price-cutting. 

2SV££&StS£  SS?i»Si-  ^ 

be  secured. 


i  fair  prioe  to  the  consumer  is  the 


In  ny  opinion 
only  road  to  success. 

Highly  commending  your  work  and  subscribing  to  the 
doctrines  as  expounded  by  Kr.  Edison  and  Mr.  Ingersoll.  1  *>eg 
to  remain.  youra  ^  truly§ 


\VBV/mgl 


PRESIDENT. 


NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  ASSOCIATION 


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si  oh  malt. ,  wiirde  zweifsllos  bai  dan  -  --via  wir  batonen  dUrfan  -  sahr 
distinguierten  "Lesarkraisa  dar  "Hofischan  und  Harrachaf tliohan  Kucha" 
das  greissta  Jnteraasa  arwackan.  Wir  gestattan  uns  durum,  K-.v .Hachwohlga- 
boren  dia  Bitte  zu  richtan,  Bich  gafalligat  raoht  bald  und  moglichst 
ausf uhrlich  ubar  folgenda  Pragan  ausaarn  zu  wollan: 

1. )  Wla  danken  Sia  Ubar  Tafelmusik  i.n  allga.nainan?  Sind  Sia  aln 

Praund  Oder  Gagnar  30lchar  jfusik? 

2. )  Welch a  Baobachtungen,  Erfahrungan ,  Brwagungan  bast  Inman  Jhran 

Standpunkt? 

3. )  Wale ha  Art  Muaik  bavorzugan  Sia  (falls  Sia  ain  Praund  dar 

Tafal.nusik  war an)  bai  dar  Taf3l? 

4. )  Halt  an  Sia  aine  Rafonn  d3r  Tafal.nusik  in  ihrar  .jatzigan  Porm 

fUr  notig  und  -wale  ha? 

Zu  kainar  Zait  haban  aa  harvorrag-anda  Parsonlichkaitan  (wir 
nannen  hiar  nur  Dumas,  Balzac,  Wagnar,  Rossini,  Bis.narck)  varschnaht, 
gast  r  on omischan  Pragan  ihra  Auf.narkaa.nkeit  zu  achankan.  Wir  hoffsn  das- 
halb  zuvaraichtlich,  diasa  Zeilan  nicht  vargabans  an  Ew.Hochwohlgab  or  an 


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Mr.  5.  A.  Edi non- 
Boer  sir- 

Xn  one  of  our  next  issues  wo  intend  to  publish 
an  essay  covoring  the  question  of  influence  of  music  on  the 
enjoyment  of  the  REPAST.  She  ideas  of  now  living  authorities 
would  no  doubt  be  greatly  appreciated  by  distinguished  subscribers 
such  as  those  of  the  Magazine,  entitled- 

"Die  Hofische  und  Herrschoftliche  Euche" 

(which  is  dedicated  to  the  culinary  interests  of  Berlin  notabi¬ 
lities  and  the  Court) 

7/e  therefore  request  you  kindly  to  reply  to  the  following  quos- 


1.  '.That  is  your  general  opinion  on  Banquet  Music?  Are  you  for  or 
against  such  Music? 

2.  i'/hat  observations ,  experiences  or  considerations  form  the 
basis  of  your  opinion? 

3.  If  you  are  for  such  music,  what  sort  of  Banqu.et  Music  do 
you  prefer? 

4.  Bo  yon  believe  it  necessary  to  rain  any  change  of  Banquet  Music 

now  en  vogue? 

Prominent  notabilities  for  instance:  Durns,  Balzac,  Wagner, 
Rossini,  Bismarck  etc.,  never  declined  to  interest  themselves  in 
gastronomic  questions. 

Therefore  wd  trust  that  we  may  be  favored  with  your 
replies  to  the  above  questions. 

Signed. 


u>ww  a  ** 


MCCLURE’S  MAGAZINE 

The  McClure  Publications 


January  twenty-eighth 


rtunity  of  / 


My  Dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  am  anxious  to  have  the  opportunity 

calling  upon  you  and  having  a  talk  with  you  on  one  of  ( _ 

your  important  inventions.  Would  it  be  possible  for  j 

you  to  see  me  either  next  Monday,  or  next  week  Friday?  ( 
If  this  should  not  be  convenient  for  you,  coulifl  you  set 
a  later  date  at  vfaich  you  would  let  me  call  cn  you? 

Very  Binceroly  yours. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
West  Orange,  N.J, 


(I 


NEff  YORK,  January  86,  19X3. 


ff.  H.  Meadowcroft,  Esij. , 

Edison  Laboratory 
Orange,  N.J. 

Dear  Mr.  lleadoworoft:- 

Our  old  mutual  friend,  Mr.  Douginas  Burnett,  who  ia  now  helping 
to. run  the  system  in  Baltimore,  ia  Chairman  of  one  of  our  Piiblioation  Committees 
whioh  is  issuing  a  groat  deal  of  literature  for  the  development  of  the  eleo- 
trioal  field.  He  has  in  hand  now  a  new  publication  to  whioh  we  are  preparing 
Q&O  bOQ  to  Givo  a  very  large  publicity,  say  15 60 ,000  oopies  as  a  start er^' and  notioing 
some  reoent  uttaranoea  of  Mr.  Edison  on  this  very  point  of  eleotrioity  in  the 
home  awl  eapeoially  his  House  Kleotrioj  it  has  ooourred  to  Mr.  Burnett  that 
we  would  like  a  little  foreword  from  Mr.  Edison  whioh  he  would  be  willing  to 
sign.  We  have  now  got  the  material  in  hand  and  some  bully.' illustrations  are 
being  mado.  It  will  be  a  handsome  little  pamphlet.  I  would  esteem  it  a  great 
personal  favor  if  you  would  just  show  this  to  Mr.  Edison  and  see  if  he  would 
kindly  attach  his  signature  to  the  first  page  although  of  oourse  we  would  be 
glad  to  haws  him  ohange  any  word  or  expression  there  to  its  betterment.  Ihe 
book  is  going  to  have  a  big  circulation  anyhow  and  euoh  an  endoreement  by 
Edison  will  help  ue  in  the  work  whioh  our  Oommeroial  Beotion  is  thus  trying 
to  do.  I  might  say  that  all  this  work  ie  done  ohiefly  by  men  who  have  grown 
up  in  the  old  Edison  companies  and  nearly  all  of  them  are  old  Edison  men  who 


are  known  to  Mr.  Sdison  personally.  It  Is  a  labor  of  love  with  no  compensation 
in  it  exoept  building  up  the  splendid  industry  whioh  he  oreated  of  putting 
aleotrioity  into  the  home. 


/ 


Ur..S-  .  .  A, 


Pet).  17,  1913. 


Mr.  Edison 

Mr.  Murdock  respectfully  requests  that 
in  case  any  newspaper  men  call  up,  that  reply  comes 
hack  that  you  are  not  in  Orange  today.  The  newspaper 
men  are  .chasing  you  all  over  town  trying  to  get  an 
interview.  Hr.  Murdock  says  it  will  hurt  us  with  the 
newspapers  if  they  find  that  the  report  which  hus 
gotten  out  that  you  are  in  Mew  York  is  found  to  he 
untrue.  He  regrets  that  the  report  has  gotten  out, 
hut  says  please  give  instructions  that  you  are  not 
in  Orange  today. 

HUTCH. 

Phoned  hy  Hr.  Hutchison  from  Hew  York. 


ThoB .  A.  Edison 

Llewellyn  Park  V/0.  ^Kv-' 

Orange  B .  J .  ' 


I  will  always  keep  a  most  grateful  and  pleasant  remembrance 
of  my  visit  to  you  with  my  sons  Radiael  and  Pedro  I. 

X  am  making  a  trip  over  North  and  South  America  to  try  to 
heir  all  those  countries  to  have  closer  ar,^d  more  friendly  rela¬ 
tions  as  well  as  to  increase  their  sentimonts  of  peace  and  progroBB 
and  tell  them  also  about  the  great  interest  that  the  Panama  Canal 
will  have  for  their  future  trade  and  industry,  liy  trip  will  Inst 
until  the  end  of  the  present  year  and  I  am  going  to  have  a  hook 
published  on  it.  As  I  desire  to  put  down  in  it  all  my 
Is  well  as  biographical  data  of  prominent  men  of  *  0 

tries  so  that  they  may  serve  as  an  example  to  all,  I  would  thank 
,r0u  if  you  could  honor  me  with  some  notes  on  your  biography  and  an 
autographed  photograph  of  yourself  for  my  publication. 

X  will  have  one  edition  published  in  Spanish,  and  this  data 
v/ill,  £  am  sure,  “bo  most  interesting  for  the  poople  tnat  road  it. 

I  shall  bo  very  glad  to  correspond  tp  your  kindnoss  with  my 
own  photograph  as  well  as  with  a  copy  of  tho  book  as  soon  as  it  is 
printed, 

I  am  sending  you  a  number  of  tho  "1’air  Play"  where  my  con¬ 
ference  at  the  "explorer’s  Club"  is  published. 

On  the  <20 th.  of  this  month  I  leave  for  Cuba  and  intend  to  be 
back  in  Now  York  at  the  beginning  of  next  month  and  then  sail  for 
Brazil,  Paraguay,  Uruguay,  Argentine,  Chili,  Bolivia,  Peru,  .'„cuu- 
dor,  Colombia,  South  America  and  iioxioo. 

On  my  tetum  to  this  city  I  would  be  very  glad  to  soo  you, 
and  spoak  about  this  long  trip,  l’his  would  be  within  about  seven 
months. 


Memorandum  to  Mr.  Hutcliison: 4 


X  note  an  amusing  cartoon  P8ge  117  of jfiuppliment  zo 1 
XOHBOn  EIECTKICIAH,  Jan.  17.  It  is  a  picture  ^th  three  panila 
picturing  Mr.  Edison  in  three  different  interviews  with  Messrs. 

Oil  and  Gas.  In  the  first  panel  Mr.  Edison  introduces  the  electric 
light  to  Messrs  Oil  and  Gas;  Mr.  Edison  being  a  diminutive  figure 
holding  the  incandescent  lamp  bulb  in  his  hand  and  Messrs.  Oil  and 
Gas  being  formidable  giants.  The  middle  panel,  "twenty  years  later" 
shows  the  three  figures  on  a  par  physically,  and  in  the  right  hand 
panel,  "HOW'.'.'  shows  Mr.  Edison  the  giant  and  Messrs.  Oil  and  Gas 
departing  in  confusion. 


Feb.  20,  1913. 


Dr.  HSAllister, 
Electrical  VJorld, 

29  West  39th  Street, 
Hev;  York  City. 


Hy  dear  Sir:- 

Mr.  Edison  is  very  desirous  of 

J anuary” 1 7 th? ° launders? and" th  i s^i s su e  contains 
a^cartoon  pertaining  to  Hr.  Edison. 

If  you  have  such  a  copy  in  y°ur 
,n  Edison  will  very  much  appreciate  it 

Thanking  you  in  advance  for  your 
courtesy  in  this  matter,  I  remain. 

Yours  very  truly , 


If  you  feal  sufficiently  inter¬ 
ested  to  talk  to  me  about  it,  I  Bhould  be 
glad  to  call  on  you  at  your  oonvenienoe. 

Very  truly  yours 


<Z,  Ir * 


?MA 


M&tO. ■ 


April  llth.,  1913. 


Dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft, 

I  am  just  finishing  my  hook  for  Amerioa,  vrtiic  MacMillan  will 
publish  in  September. 

■ton  told  me  that  Edison  k.  the  Mu.pr.tt  medal  (my  Motn.r  1. 

.  Mu.pr.tt).  W.old  you  pl~»  *•  —  “  BOt 

it,  then,  for  I  should  IIP.  to  .dd  it  to  the  took.  I  have  «1™ 
kirn  several  K«,  'M«  I  *•**  yestardsy  to  Mr.  p«r.hall,  who  was 
delighted  with  them.  If  you  oould  give  me  a  parwr.ph  ™ 
newest  Invention  I  should  to  glad,  keo.use  I  •ls*V-“ 


d  be  glad,  because  I  migtvt  aaa  ™ 


My  dear  Mr.  Edison 

I  am  sanding  under  separate  cove; 


week’s  INDEPENDENT  in  which 


Jnbep&ent 

^  130  Fulton  Street 


April  30 
1913 


Dear  Mr*  Sdison 

I  take  pleasure  in  sending  jou  a  narked  oopy  of 
The  Independent  for  this  week,  in  whioh  you  will  note 
that  you  reoeived  quite  a  number  of  votes  in  the  poll 
of  our  readers  as  to  who  are  "the  moet  useful  Americans". 

While  I  do  not  suppose  you  will  be  tremendously 
interested  in  the  faot  that  you  reoeived  a  number  of 
votes,  I  am  hoping  that  you  will  find  time  to  read  the 
whole  artiole;  and  after  you  do  so,  I  will  be  delighted 
to  get  a  letter  from  you  telling  me  what  you  think  of 
the  plan  and  the  oonoluslons  our  readers  reaohed. 


Very  truly  yours 


THE  STAFF 


SURVEY  ASSOCIATES,  INC. 


June  8,  1913, 


Mr.  William  H.  Meadoworoft, 

Edison  Laboratories, 

West  Orange,  N.J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft 

A  copy  of  THE  SURVEY'S  story  on  Mr.  Edison's 
teaching  moving  picture  films  will  reach  you  in  a  few  days,  in  accor¬ 
dance  with  my  agreement  to  let  you  see  it  before  printed.  At  that 
time  I  shall  have  a  number  of  things  to  ask  your  advice  about. 

Just  now  I  am  especially  anxious  to  secure  some  photographs 
with  which  to  illustrate  this  story  and  our  symposium.  I  intended 
to  run  down  to  see  you  again  about  some  pictures,  but  I  have  been 
called  off  to  Columbus,  0.,  and  will  not  be  able  to  see  you  personally 
before  the  story  is  printed.  Can  we  secure  from  you  a  photograph  of 
Mr.  Edison,  and  some  pictures  of  motion  picture  films  which  we  could 
reproduce?  I  have  in  mind  something  of  the  sort  that  Leslie's 
Weekly  used  to  illustrate  your  article.  Have  you  alBO  a  picture  or 
two  of  the  inside  of  a  school,  showing  a  class  looking  at  moving 
piotures? 

If  you  could  let  us  have  a  number  of  suoh  piotures,  we  could 
return  immediately  all  except  those  we  use  and  could  return  those  as 
soon  as  we  have  finished  with  them.  We  have  no  other  pictures  and  are 


really  depending  on  you  for  whatever  you  can  let  us  have.  If  there 
is  any  expense  connected  with  our  obtaining  them,  we  shall  of  course 
be  glad  to  meet  it. 

We  want  to  print  all  this  matter  in  the  July  magazine,  and 
so  I  would  appreciate  it  if  you  could  send  the  pictures  at  once  and 
not  wait  until  the  story  reaches  you.  Please  address  the  pictures 
to  Mr.  Arthur  Kellogg,  105  E.  33  St.,  New  York,  N.Y. 

With  hearty  appreciation, 


Sincerely  yours, 


Wv 


THE  STAFF 


June  11,  1913. 


Mr.  William  H.  Meadowcroft, 

Edison  Laboratories, 

West  Orange, 

How  Jersey. 

My  dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft r- 

Here  is  a  copy  of  the  article  which  is  to 
introduce  our  symposium  on  Mr.  Edison’s  teaching  moving  picture  films. 

May  I  call  your  attention  to  one  or  two  things?  Where  I  tell  about 
how  the  scenario  is  worked  up,  will  you  be  good  enough  to  fill  in 
Mr.  Hutchinson's  full  name  and  his  position? 

Will  you  also  check  my  statement  that  Mr.  Edison,  as  a  boy, 
sold  newspapers  on  the  streets  of  Hew  York?  I  have  heard  that  state¬ 
ment  made,  but  have  never  been  able  to  verify  it. 

I  am  especially  anxious  to  have  a  somewhat  fuller  paragraph 
about  Mr.  Edison's  ideas  with  regard  to  the  growth  of  the  cross 
fibres  in  the  brain.  You  remember  that  when  I  last  say  you  you  sugges¬ 
ted  that  you  might  be  able  to  get  from  Mr.  Edison  a  more  accurate 
statement  on  this  point.  If  you  could  do  that  now,  and  return  it 
with  the  manuscript  on  a  separate  slip  of  paper,  it  can  be  inserted  in 
p 

the  proer  place  in  this  offioe. 

I  am  heartily  grateful  to  you  for  the  many  courtesies  you 

sinderely  yours ,  . 


HEW  YORK,  June  17,  1913, 


W.  H.  Meadowcroft,  Esq., 
Edison  Laboratory 
Orange,  N.  J. 


>ffin  has  at  last  : 


s  President  of  the  Ge: 


trie  Company.  This  is:  really  a  significant  eventjfor  the  greatest 
electrical  manufacturer  of  his  times:*  outside  of  Edison,  quits  the 
job.  Only  Edison  and  you  and  1  are  left*.  Naturally  such  an  event 
creates  a  great  deal  of  interest  and  coimnent  and  the  Electrical 
World  is  developing  the  situation.  I  was  at  the  Electrical  World 
office  this  morning  discussing  how  to  handle  it  with  Mr.  McGraw 
and  Dr.  McAllister,  Editor  of  the  paper,  and  we  all  agreed  that  in 
the  Electrical  World’s  historical  discussion  of  the  situation  then 
ought  to  be  something  from  Mr.  Edison,  whether  by  way  of  eulogy, 
criticism  or  reminiscence.  Mr.  McGraw  has  asked  me  to  get  in  touch 
with  you  to  see  whether  you  would  not  be  willing  to  wofck  up  some¬ 
thing  with  Mr.  Edison  for  an  early  number  of  the  Electrical  World, 
which  will  serve  as  a  permanent  and  characteristic  chapter  of  elec- 

i««s§i§l* 

lay  that  way.  Go  to  it.  ^ y,  — , 


AW 


Dear  Mr.  Meadow  croft 

Hr.  Benin  gton,  who  wrote  the  story  about 
the  "talking,  whistling,  singing  movie s,”whi oh  I 
believe  Hr.  Edison  approved,  will  oome  over  on  Friday 
to  obtain  the  interview  which  Mr.  Edison  so  kindly 
promised  in  connection  with  the  phonographic  records 
of  the  world's  great  singers.  Mr.  Benington  can 
come  at  any  appointed  time,  and  if  you  will  make  / 
the  arrangement  X  will  be  greatly  obliged. 

Yours  very  truly 


Mr.  W.  H.  Headowcroft, 
The  Edison  Laboratory, 
Orange,  H.  J. 


■J' 


18,  1913. 


Mr.  William  H.  Moadowcroft, 

The  Edison  Lahoratorice,  - - 

Wert  Orange,  Mew  Jorpey. 

Ky  dear  Mr.  Mend owcroft: 

X  am  encloping  proof  of  Mr.  Lane's  article,  up  well  ap  thnt 
of  Mr.  Chnndler  and  Dr.  Liidsey,  and  the  sketch  of  tho  little  animal(t). 

Ap  we  nro  fearfully  propped  for  timo,  we  shall  appreciate 
your  returning  this  to  up  during  Thursday.  We  are  very  hopeful  thnt 
you  will  ho  able  to  include  pictures  of  Nelson's  Cockpit,  tho  fly  and 
pump,  all  of  which  are  definitely  alluded  to,  ns  well  as  half  a  dozen 
others  from  which  we  can  make  selection.  Thoy  should  be  of  a  good 
size,  as  better  results  are  obtained  whon  reducing.  V/e  phnll  also  try 
to  obtain  the  Leslie  material  if  time  pormits. 

Thanking  you  for  your  courtesy  of  ycstoiday,  assuring  you  of 
our  appreciation  of  your  attontion  to  this  matter,  I  remain, 


WESTE&H  UNION 
TELl 


I 


RECEIVED  AT 

R  18  ^  TELEPHONE  No-—— 

SI  NEW  YORK  JUNE  18  TELfPfiOW20  '  °f} 

W  H  MEADOWCROFT, 

EDISON  LABSTORY, 

MCGRAW  WOULD  LIKE  COFFIN  MATERIAL  •  IMMEDIATELY  FOR  THIS  WEEKS  PAPER 
SEVERAL  ARE  CONTRIBUTING  IT  NEED  NOT  BE  LONG. 


T.  C.  MARTIN.  1119  AM 


EDITORIAL  ROOMS 

Electrical  World 

239  WEST  39  STREET,  NEW  YORK 


June  20,  1913 


y 

Hr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange ,  ir.  J. 

Uy  dear  ;:r.  Edison: 

Your  courteous  acquiescence  to  our 
request  for  an  expression  of  opinion  with  reference 
to  nr.  Coffin  is  much  appreciated  hv  ue  all,  and  X 
am  sure  that  your  comments  will  he  of  very  much  inter¬ 
est  to  our  readers. 


With  many  thanks,  I  remain, 
yours  very  truly 


AELl/lICD- 


RVEV  ASSOCIATES.  I 


THE 

SURVEY 


July  2,  1913. 


y'1 


Mr.  William  H.  Moadowcroft, 

Tha  Edison  Laboratory , 

Wont  Orange.  Haw  Jerpey. 

My  dear  Ur.  Moadowcroft: 

The  matter  of  handling^8rious/'™Xuscripts  coma  up  on  my  return 
from  the  west,  and  the  gonoral  deciaion  wap  to  poatpona  their  publication 
for  two  roapona:  first.  bacauao  it  waa  felt  that  in  the  early  fall  inter- 
eat  in  achoola  would  be  keener  than  in  the  hot  aeaaon;  aecond.  becauao  it 
waa  felt  that  it  would  bo  immenaely  worth  while  to  have  them  very  adequately 
illustrated .  Your  letter  of  Juno  19th  to  Kies  Squire  indicated  that  with 
more  time  you  could  give  ua  further  pictures  which,  1  toko  it,  would  enable 
us  to  make  this  the  feature  of  an  issue.  1  should  bo  ever  so  glad,  there¬ 
fore,  if  you  would  get  us  the  same  within  the  next  fortnight,  so  that  the 
feature,,  which  would  probably  be  in  our  September  magazine  number,  can  be 
blocked  out  and  planned  in  the  most  effective  way  possible  from  the  print¬ 
ing  standpoint.  I  think  the  results  would  bo  ever  so  much  better  in  the 
matter  of  reproduction  if  you  could  give  us  the  enlargements  from  the  films 
which  you  apeak  of.  I  am  returning  the  prints  you  sent,  so  that  you  will 
have  everything  in  hand,  and  can  scheme  out  just  the  line  of  pictures  which 
would  give  the  most  adequate  setting  forth  of  the  plan  at  every  point. 


Sincerely, 


E-FUK 


Scientific  American  _ 

>/ 

Miller  Reese  Hutchinson,  Esq\  \  t,  0 
Thomas  A.  Edison  laboratory,  /  f  .  \J> 

-  ^  A 

)ear  Mr.  Hutchinson: 

X  think  it  was  Mr  .'“Dyer  c 
i  connected  with  Mr.  Edison  who  wroto  a  letter 
to  Chairman  Oldfield  of  the  House  Committee  on  Patents 
at  the  time  when  the  merits  of  the  Oldfield  Bill 
were  being  considered  in  public  hearings,  calling  at¬ 
tention  to  the  fact  that  it  was  often  necessary  to 


Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 


lease  complicated  and  expensive  machinery  instead,  of 
selling  it,  if  the  inventor  and  manufacturer  were  to 
be  reimbursed  for  their  outlay  at  all.  If  my  memory 
serves  mo  Mr.  Dyer  or  whoever  it  was  stated  that  Mr. 
Edison  was  willing  to  let  Col.  Goethals  ubs  the  Edison 
rook  crusher  for  helping  along  the  work  in  Panama, 
provided  that  a  small  royalty  were  paid  per  ton  of 
rbck'  crushed,  but  that  Mr.  Edison's  offer  was  re¬ 
fused,  despite  the  fact  that  the  sum  asked  for  amount¬ 
ed  to  but  a  small  fraotion  of  the  saving  that  would 


have  been  effected. 


I  have  written  for  the  Outlook  an  article  in  which 
the  leasing  system  is  defended.  In  that  artiole  I  have 
mentioned  Mr.  EdiBon's  rock  orusher.  Gould  I  obtain  an 
attractive  picture  of  it  for  illustrating  purposes  —  a 
picture  in  which  human  beings  appear  and  not  a  mere 
lifeless  view  of  the  machine  itself? 

I  shall  be  very  much  obliged  to  you  for  any  assist¬ 
ance  that  you  can  give  me.  Indeed  it  is  highly  important 
that  every  one  should  co-operate  to  kill  the  pernicious 
Oldifield  Bill.  ^ne  of  its  provisions,  as  you  may  know, 
prevents  inventors  from  dictating  the  terms  on  which  their 
machines  may  be  used.  My  article  is  a  defense  of  the  old 
system,  its  purpose  being  to  show  that  it  is  part  of  the 
inventor's  reward  to  make  as  much  money  out  of  his  invention 
as  he  posBibly  can,  and  that  if  he  is  not  permitted  to  do 
so,  there  is  no  inducement  for  him  to  invent. 


IVnUti  .wcw 


I 


NEW  YORK,  July  8,  1913. 


W.  H.  Meadowcroft,  Esq., 

Edison  Laboratory 
Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Hr.  Headowcroft:- 

X  had  to  leave  Hew  York  for  a  convention:  in  Canada 
just  after  the  Coffin  episode  and  was  therf ore  unable  to  write 
you  expressing  my  thanks  for  your  intervention.  I  note  the - 
Electrical  World  was  able  to  get  something  out  of  the  old  man  - 
but  not  much. 

X  find  that  I  am  likely  to  have  to  deliver  a  lecture 
on  Edison  sometime  in  August  and  have  been  wondering  whether 
you  have  any  lantern  slide  mierial  in  your  possession.  If  so, 

I  would  be  glad  to  avail  myself  of  it  as  a  temporary  loan. 


-Yours^lrgry,. — -J- - 


j 


HEW  YORK,  July  10,  1913. 


W.  H.  Meadowcroft,  Esq., 

Edison  Laboratory 
Orange,  H.  J. 

My  dear  Meadowcroft:’ 

X  have  your  esteemed  favor  of  July  9th  and  note 
what  you  say  with  regard  to  the  Edison  slides.  I  fancy  I 
have  a  good  deal  of  that  material  in  my  possession  hut  it  is 
so  long  since  I  used  it  I  have  almost  lost  track  of  it. 

X  waB  over  at  the  moving  picture  exhibition  yester¬ 
day  and  found  it  very  interesting,  the  more  so  because  it  in¬ 
cludes  a  good  many  electrical  exhibits.  I  visited  the  Edison 
spiaoe  and  had  a  good  chat  with  our  mutual  friend  Moore.  I 
had  an  idea  that  you  might  be  over  there  this  week  and  I  hope 
the *0 Id  ma/will  deem  it  worth  while  to  show  up  <Jn  Friday  as 
he  would  certainly  receive  an  ovation  and  it  can  do  no  harm 
to  the  business  end  of  the  proposition.  The  show  itself  is 
extremely  interesting  in  many  ways. 

Yours.  / 


AW 


August  fl,  1913-; 


o  jli/wilson,  ..  '  ,  .■  ,i  O'-. 

Vice-President  and  General  manager,  ; 

The  Thomas  A.  Edison  Company,  Inc., 

Orange,  H.  J- 

Bear  Sir: 

I  want  to  call  on  you  next  Tuesday  or  Wednesday  in  re¬ 
gard  to  a  special  article  which  1  am  writing  for  one  of  the  oig 
weekly  magazines.  The  starry  has  to  do  particularly  with  the  mu¬ 
sicians  and  singers  who  make  your  records,  and,  incidentally.  I 
heliove  the  mentioning  of  their  names  would  give  you  some  good 
advertising. 

If  you  will  drop  me  a  line  to  the  Hotel  Martinique  in 
Hew  York,  where  I  will  be  Monday  and  a  part  of  Tuesday,  giving  me 
some  idea  of  when  I  may  see  you,  I  shall  appreciate  it  greatly. 

If  I  do  not  hear  from  you,  I  shall  call  you  c 
ephone  from  Hew  York. 

Sincerely  yours, 


n  the  tel- 


non  Etteri  tUA«4 
Etkit  Aurora,,  u/liich  ii in 
Erie  Covanty,  New  York 


Aug.  11, 


A.  H.  Hoadov.-croft, 
Secretary  to  Thomas  Edison, 
Tfcst  Oral-. go, 


Please  sent  mo  a  picture  of 
!.!r.  Edison  for  reproduction  in  our 
little  souvenir  loot  that  v.e  aro  getting 
up  for  the  Electric  lamp  hoys. 

Your  telegram  to  T!r.  Crouse 
received  and  I  note  that  Hr.  Edison 
appreciates  the  picturesque  and  pootical 
qualities  of  my  literary  orfort. 


Y/i  Ilian  H.  Lloadov/croft  ,Esq . , 
laboratory  of 
Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orang-ri ,  I! .  J . 


$  *5::;  “vr 


SURVEY 


W!  :  “.ess;  .  »,  -/V .  ,  bom1,b  ™ 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Headowlrlft  AjS'  ,,*'  <vVv  t?  V 

Edison  Laboratories  ^  S  '  ■  ^  s  ^  p~^\  5° 

... ZZZUfir 

I  am  enclosing  page  pr^of  of'jjjthe  ™ric^A  jj>  ^  L$ 
articles  and  illustrations  and  should  he  gla.tf*§p  h&ve  $  Jf 
any  suggestions  from  you  hy  the  end  of  the  w,^C  (j  * 

they  will  be  going  on  the  press.  The  symposium  hgs^O  S 
turned  out  to  be  a  pretty  stimulating  series  of  L V  ^ 


Lrticles  and  illustrati 


comment .  Some  of  the  later  < 


8  will  he  new  to  youl 


We  are  using  the  kids'  gang  group  with 
Mr.  Edison  in  the  center  on  the  cover  of  the  issue 
and  making  the  whole  collection  the  feature  of  our 
September  number. 

Sincerely  yours, 


e/puk/jg 


EDISON  vs.  EUCLID 

HAS  HE  INVENTED 

moving  stairway  to  learning 

;  A  SYMPOSIUM  WITH  AN  INTRODUCTION  BY 

WINTHROP  D.  LANE 


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youth.  Perhaps- the  memory  of 
hood,  spent  largely 
sold  newspapers  — 


intelligent  education  of  licrcil,  appeal  only  Hi. the  e.n  aild  ml 
of  his  own  child-  wonder  thfc  processes  of  education  ar 
railroad  w1'1"' l'“  *'or  ^lc  sa*cc  °  ar 


pTeah 


works.  Having  contributed  so  much  intelligent  c 

is  work  on  the  incandescent  electric  VCVC(j  to  \\ 

‘  r  the  physical  eve,  he  is  of’ it,  you  s 
iuer  ray  bn  the  mind  it-  am  aiming 

field  of  bodily 


i)  the  i: 


cftj.  drawings  of  thin] 
ence  wurj.'  generally ; 


l  in  motion  pictures  productioi 

\s  he  has  watched 

id  go  in  his  West  Whocv. 

"til  wanted  to  do,  dcrestima 


............  . img  them  has  been  an  in* 

think  logically  and  consecutively, 
them,  of  course,  were  simply  too  lazy 
But  even  this  Mr.  Kdison  took  to  he 
e  re  sit  U  of  never  having  formed 


>»  late  n 


they  reached  him 
;ive  them  that  habit.  So  he 
their  early  training  and  has 
y  were  not  taught  how  to 


lison  believes  that  tip  to  the  age  of  ftf- 
ixteen  the  formation  or  growth  of  cross 
the  brain  takes  place.  Before  this 
s  ended  is  the  time,  he  declares,  to 
tits  of  thinking.  If  not  done  then  the 
lid  can*n‘ever  he  recovered. 

Iv  he  said  to  one  of  his  co-workcrs:* 


possibly  also,  a  pathetic 
to  his  searching  hy  his  » 
For  this  has  probable  n 
alive  to  the  avidity  with 
the  meaning  of  things  sc 


it  ail  m lam  six  or  v;cx‘er  for  tjK.  Saturday  /isviiiiij 
wcT/'acTuahned  with  b'ive  them,  every  day  for  eight  y 
ary  department,  the  morals  by  means  of  a  stirring  in 
nows  a  whole  tot  of  lessons  they  can  lUHlerstiini^  and 

It  can  not  talk  or  have  noticed  that  the  time  to  m; 
i  see,  and  thus  the  citizens  is  when  the  children  are 
re  based  largely  0:1  aM|  twelve  years,  or  round  there, 
aatdrcd  an  *  amount  *nterested  in  everything.  Their  m 
e  ^n  ^extent'  than^it  can  impress  them,  mold  them 
period  old  most  of  them  are  gone:  that 

>ld  enough  to  go  to  started  out  to  he  had  and  were 
six  arbitrary  cliarac-  time,  and  nothing  was  done  t 
. . .  then — why.  they  arc  likely  to  b 


on  we  attempt  t 
mething  of  natun 
nee.  all  through  a 


•a  ll'tifrf!/  of  SeptculKr  It).  1D1- 


it  if  y 

lime  you  can  impress  them  tor  all  their  lives 
and  make  them  moral.  That  is  mie  *.f  the 
highest  things  I  hope  for  front  this  ninvitig  pic- 

fjODtomtet  B;  1018. 


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••-u.  s.  inspected  and  passed"  Bis 


j.ir.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  H.  J. 

My  dear  Sir:- 

I  enclose  proof  of  an  editorial  in  this  week's 
issue  of  the  Manufacturers  Record  suggesting  the  importance 
of  the  building  of  an  improved  highway  connecting  the  North 
and  TCest  with  the  South,  in  keeping  in  character  of  construc¬ 
tion  with  the  proposed  Lincoln  Highway  between  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  coasts.  I  trust  the  suggestion  made  will  be  of  inter¬ 
est  to  you,  and  I  shall  be  glad,  if  you  feel  so  inclined,  to 
have  your  views  on  the  subject  for  publication. 


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THE  NEW  YORK  HERALD 


new  York  *>**«r_gat,9  »• 


0^ 


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l  A 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison,  ^ 

Uwellyn  Park,  Orange,  S.J ♦ 
Bear  Hr.  Edison: 


i\}y 


As  «M  «  ^oV&Sser  dppra*ehee,  ■»«*' 

which  tine  .you  thought  you  would  he  ahls  to  sod  4  he  ported  from  t 
Herald,  1  write  to  ask  IT  yottJsrt  ydt  ifl  ft  position  to,  sat. 


definite  date. 

Thanking  you  -for  -yourarsartesyy  1  *«, 
Very  .  truly  your*, 


-eat&*y 


aA 


r.Xf- 

-a -*J<S 


AMPERE,  NEWdERSEY. 

a*°'  A>rJEttrzLji*z&.-  tu. 

liy  dear  Mr.  Edison:  — f’trlU  r^,'i 

I.  the 

to  be  launched,  I  was  selected  to  write  the  ina^tructigns.for 

Jchnston  to  take  abroad,  tel i i n g  h£B~vtd-,dX)  the  things  that 

rWA  Aew-f-pto-^e-Cu 

had  been  worked  out  ft  Pearl  ^St^ge&t^  JTlj is  naturally  started 
me  on  the  idea  that 


words.  I  suppose  I  have 


the  usual  magazi: 

I  am  just  past  ths 


.ever  really  fully  recovered  from. 

» vunu**£ 

long  interval'  since,  Id  have  written 


;he'  30b  of  putting  ortg^of  the  bulletins  /3f  my 
more 

would  like 

of  it,  ignoring^J*a^rrT!appens  to  be 


Company  into  shap  fTT} i ^e^n V\rorif^e^usua^’  to  mefce  i^jmc 
like  what  I  think  si^jf^&^ing 
to  know  what  you  third 
about  C-YI  stuff. 

Is  there  any  reason  why,  when  we  all  put  so  much 
thought  into  the  things  we  manufacture,  we  should  stop  there, 
leaving  them  to  be  described  in  ways  that  only  one  percent  of 
the  world  can  understand?  Yet  if  one  talks  plainly,  some 
scientists  are  liable  to  think  that  one  is  not  well  informed 


technically.  I  have  added  an  appendix  partly  to  prevent  the 
latter  notion  Bpreading. 

Yours, 

3ir.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

West  Orange,  N.  J. 

November  sixth,  nineteen  thirteen. 


THE  NEW  YORK  HERALD 


Mr.  William  H.  Meadoworoft, 
c/o  Thoms  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  New  Jersey. 

Dear  Sir: 


New  YoRK_2®°5E?k511_-^?W  13 • 

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indicate  arjy  changes  you  desire  to  have  made  and  send  it  hack  hy  ■ 

r  •  ' 

return  mail;  stamped  and  addressed  envelope  ie  enclosed 


f&F/ 

uld 

V. 

C‘ 


Very  truly  yours, 

jl^ZzZy- 

/'/  Sundfy  tKxso  ut.  i 


h  ivi.  tf 


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Harrington  . 

[savo  tho  juico  t 

(gave  the  juiae  T 
/.Turn  off  thi3  light 
jjlh  on  not  in  uso  . 

{just  a  sign  hanging  to  a  cluotar  of  incandescent  electric  lights 
in  tho  laboratory  of  Thoma's  A  Edison  -  also  an  educational  theory, 
the  creed  of  t°ie>N  greatest  rebel.- againet  tradition  now  living  «' 

!  Kontessori  method*,'.  Thomas  a  Edison  v/ao  a  pupil  of  it  long  ae*or  e 
Vast  at  Orange  H.J 

its  inventor  was  born  .  The  gceat  workshop  which  ia  callus 

his  laboratory  is  snsfeaJWty  a  playhouse  where  men  with  gray  on 
their  temples  .  youths  just  from  the  technical  schools  .office  boys 
who  some  dav  may  be  heads  of  departments  for  all  wo  know,  frolic 
aM-^lay'-d-OTig  undor.  the  £*gsa. magic  spell  of  jibe  Apostle  of  tne 
Joy  of  Doing  .  ........ 

jjllhon  Rdison  , tho^jw^raeoib^*^^^  .seeks  relaxation 

ho  turns  off  one  light  and  turns  on  another  .  His  mind  is  a 
sori.es  of  highly  organised  storage  batteries  ,  his  will  is  the  avrif  ch 
board  ,hia  genius  the  current  which  courses  through  his  ceaseles  a 
activities  .  itooneraaBd  There  has  been  much  discussion  lately  of 
•  *tW,"’T8»ir»  ways  ■  to  train  the  mind  ,  of  better  methods. for  the 
leading  of  the  intellect  of  tho  child  .Aoha^aftho  from  the  realm  o  f 
books  lu  thola.nd  of  deeds  .  TOMaallMall^ 

-acbo  There  seemed  to  bo  something  ea  which  in  all  thin  suggests  d 
tho  manner  in  which  Thomas  \  Edison  ,  . ,  sthoabs.^ag*  a  boy  dofie  d 
the  -sdiss  edicts'  of  the  schools  ,  that  it  was  suggested  that  ™homas 
A  Edison  ,  the  man  bo  asked  baa  his  views  of  what  -aAnnbtoinn 
wo  of  this  day  call  the  new-ed«oat4o»*t. 


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lat  do  ypu  think  of  the  American  eyotera  of  education  1  "  I 


"  TUexo  lent  any 


sholvoo  of  his  library  .  SbffjM  his  eyes  r  *s»  c*i  for  a  isoKsnt^upon 
abbnoninobaB.'.nanaiMmTOBftnn  «  globe  wit:,  its  vieront  iilauont  *_ 

"  Tho  first  incandoeoant  lights  avor  used  ir.  an  Amo* lean  news  ,Mp  er 

office,,  Ha  sail  after,  a  *o».ont  .  '  wore  installed  in  the  «M*ob 
SHsnfesisnsn'BnSasMSS^nn  building  of  the  Ben  York  Herald  than 
in  o  Ann  at  Ann  street  and  Broadway  .  Bo  other  newspaper  would  have 

get  the  newspapers  to  adopt  -Metric  lights  thon  .  9Sfien  It 

wao  a  coupon  eight  to  see  twenty  or  thirty as»a  compositors  with 

oo re  oyca  -waiting  about  the  newapupor  offices  ovary  night  .  to  r 
a.  so  compositor  to  have  oya  at  rain  #ii8  considered  the  inevita  bio 

It  ,vaa  custom  .  tradition  .  nSono^snatmns  Sc  vo  got  a  ease  of 
typo  and  uehonitunansninetihn  placed  it  ir  the  laboratory  anrl 


electric  light  over  it  and  had  a  con-posit  or  there 
inshhosnsnonanyntnramrioniinMiiinjjn.  under  the  now  light  .  Pno 


e  Herald  ear.  tho  pocsi hilitiso  cl' 


-I  went  to  work  at  once  Installed  the  first  ioolatai  start  eleotrit 
plant  over  *n3  placed  in  a  nwaparex  office  in  this  country  and 
by  March  of  1888  the  anhs  composing  roo,,.  and  tho  entire  dor  ala 
cuildinn  were  lighted  byoleotrioity  .  aabssnneninsflunnnnt 

™.  .«ai-  >«*«  *“  —  "“II  **”•*  *'“*** 


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I  I 

3 

The’  wires  were  lead  through  pipes  .  533  It  hapnned  that  one 

day  there  was  a  leak  somewhere  "whore  the  pipc3  were  carried 
over  a  sidewalk'  vault  belonging  to  the  Herald  and  strange 
things  began  to  happen  in  thesstjseat  in  Ann  atroet  .  The  passing 
population  began,  to  dance  .  Heroes  reared  up  on  their  hint!  legs  • 

A  group  of  boys  and  young  men  gathered  or. a  strip  of  sidewalk 

which  had  not  been  affected  and  witnessed  the  sport  .  There 
came  a  junk  dealer  driving  a  bag  of  bones  called  a  horse  and  ove  r 
the  anions  beast  •  i  neck  was  a  yoke  on  which  bolls  wore  strung  . 

bolls  of  ail  aiaes  and  tones  which  jangled  hideously  .  The 
animal  could  scarcely  move  .  Hanahanahn nhhn  Kocamo  into  that 
elootric  so  no  and  in  a  second  he  was  transformed  .  Tfp  wont 

his  ears  ,  his  lags  limbered,  ho  danced  ,  he  rose  up  and 
pranced  ,  the  balls  rath  played  a  wild  tuna  ,  Ho  slid  and 

carerea  fro:;  one  aids  of  the  3treot  to  the  ether  There  wo303 

was  a  current  of  110  volts  loose  in  theatres*  av.d  Z?>  is  enough 
to  make  any  creature  take  notice  .  ""he  police  got  the  horse 
away  from  there  and  the  street  was  temporarily  closed  .  Y/o  worke  d. 
all  night  found  the  cause  of  the  trouble  and  put  things  i"  order 
again  aHaBsnsnsnansnaQUBthingntnan'nssaensncagnno 
^  two  days 

I  receiveda  call  Jirr  caatinday  from  a  man  a  mysterious  looking  parse  n 
who  said  that  he  vishod  to  see  the  »  Head  PU3h:l  stiensutaaftimt 

I  saw  him  .  He  said  that  ha  had  a  secret  a  great  scheme  with 
whih  we  could  make  a  fortune  of  t  -would  join  him  in  it  .  pe  ha  d 
witnessed  the  scene  in  Ann  street  the  other  day  he  told  mo 

and  he  proposed  that  wa  pinonoriiihannnn  charge  the  ground  about 
the  old  Bullchoad  Tavern  with  electricity  whore  there  was  u  horse 
market  and  then  buy  up  so mo  old  broken  down  horses  . •  The 

an.n-.al3  x*  could  be  groomed  up  well  and  then  lead  on  the  charged 


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Tli ay  -sou  hi  be  go  lively  and  spirit  ad 
3  could  -clean  up  a  bunch  of  money 


that 

ShepenonJn.mbnsiKm'iiipnsniiannsnshanaaioanaabnnnno  .  i  did  not  enter 
into  that  sell  sine  neecileaa  to  aay  ,  nutienberg  and  ita  methods  had 
been  anticipated  " 

But  to  return  t onbhonanansnjinu  compositors  •  •s^aaeiiiaunonKnne 
sn!Jt'»OE5noP9Don0jio!)np-r.niasnannnotin9  Tradition  gave  thorn  core  eye  a 
dicin'.;  it  .  aiiabaias  Tha  common  belief  about  a  gas  jot.  '<«•;  then 
that  il  -.vao  a  steady  flame  .  The  gas  flame  doeoivea  the  aye  . 

Sori.ut  iuoo  it  i-;  boss  senrooly  there  at  all  .  !2hnnonflinioHo 
V’o  aiako  uao  of  that  very  -jlovm-330  of  tho  human  vision  in  the  motion 

at  “prcloaBT  y 


pictures 
if  it  ■ 


Se  no  mo'TTrtg  glutei 'J3  psaabaa 
r  not  for'  -t  hie  peculiarity  b  " 


rTSSng^whon  the  thing  is  not  t  her  o’  SHH 
Edison  with  c-na  a.voop  of  a  pencil  drow  an  outline  of  a 
flaring  gas  jot  on  a  dhwt  of  wr  .  Within  it  he  drew  another 
jet  s  one  tenth  the  size  . 

»  Ho.-.-  this  gas  jot  ^£j£°oeo<lsd 

By  the  U30 
is  possible  ' 

oBgnoncfi^gi-inen.3n6BaB?P9Sl'-irll'»dir 


;3  parfoctly  satisfactory 
a  small  mirror1  witha  hole  thr™1^  ‘  h  l"*"l|,,T'  it 

y 

detect  --jhuiistiQQanDnhnoppaansfconShansnalrhlsnynsnnnirjntit  ;r 
rhich  does  not  appears  to  the 


obsorvor  with  the  naked  eye 
he  hod  hao  focussed  •  his 


no  mat i 
ttontion  i 


closely  ho 


olio’ 


«*£&*£*  ”  The  eff 
themselves  to  that  condition  produced  the  eye  : 
observed  in  the  printers  .  Thsnsftiahtsnfinnm 
light  ia  steady  and  constant  " 


non  tho  flatus  .  Ev*w"y  .t.imity 
jULIW^vm 

making  a  ,  Ju 

laclos  of  tho  oye  to  accomodate 
train  which  was 
The  incandescen  t 


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It  will  bo  30on  from  the  chapter  on  incandescent  lighting  ir.  the 
Dyer  and  l.'artir.  life  of  Mr  Edi  aon  that  one  of  the  greatest  obstacles 
•which  the  inventor  wot  at  that  time  wan  to  overcome  thnspnajinda'i 
a  tradition  which  had  coma  into  the  domain  of  osas&Blstjji  eiectricit  y 
Earlier  scientists  had  developed  the  arc  light  U3ed  for  outdoor  illu  m 
inat.ion  and  there  they  had  been  stopped  by. as  by  an.  empirical 
formula  ,  a  Jumble  of  wordu  ,  a  tradition  which  was  to  the 
effect  that  the  ala  trie  currant  couid  not  bo  divided  .  ’Vhenavor 
Ur  Edison  essayed  to  amfcass  .lemon  at  rate  its  belief  that  it  caul  cl 

oxio:. 

thofesnaia  was  always  flung  bach  upon  him  .  It  foundits  way  int  o 

tfco  text  books  .  jl  became  a  shibboleth  .  Trie  scientific  ".or Id 

knows  how  the  inventor  finally  prevailed  ,  how  he  produced 

hia  light  ,  strung  the  ass  globes  over  wdres  at  Menlo  Park  .  Th  a 
Herald  i-ft—iew  devoted  page  shaBjis  to  an  account  of  the  den.cn strati  on 
*  And  what  was  it  "  1  asked  "  That,  caused  others  to  fail  to 
realise  o  the  future  value  of  the  incandescent  light" 

"  Conservatism  "  was  the  reply  ,  as  the  op  33  so  eyes  of  the  ’.Visard  -of 
the  '.Vest  kindled  .  The  closing  of  the  mind  to  the  new  idea  . 
i.ental  atrophy  .  You  apeak  of  aodorns  our  syrtern  of  education  . 

1  uay  Saojyou  that  wo  have  none  .  Our  system  is  a  relic 
of  past  agau  _  It  consists  of  parrot  like  repetitions  4  It  ia  a' 

dull  study  of  n  ii  ese  gsj  pb  sat  w  ent  y  six  bji  on  ch  insn  fra  Ip  hn  liioroglphs 

-ho  w  ind  travels  back  overt  he  years  to  Edison  the  schoolboy  as 
he  speaks  -  Ssiaexj  the  ney  who  was  not  considered  bright  by  his 
teachers  because  he  rebelled  against  the  established  order  ,  because 


ho  refus 
proved  i 
the  s 


iliove  anything  he  read  in 
so  , Edison  who  considered 
the  thing  itself  was  bet tea 


until  ho  had 


ten  that 
the  book 


pagei 


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Q 


The  Visard  of  the  Veat  spoke  in  raoid  fire  sentences  ,  hia  words 
came  li  1<  th-j  iisehar'es  from  3  battery  . 

11  C-roups  of  hisroglph3  "  he  added  .  That  is  v/hat  the  young 

of  this  present  day  a'uo’y  .  Hare  is  an  object  .  T  place  it  in  th  a 

hands  of  a  child  _  I  toil  him  to  look  at  it-  .  wnsnpnrnanhnansift 
If  we  begin  before  wo  h-ve  hasdn  hardened  and  dried  his  minis  V 
3  ho  studies  thaJ  object  with  kindling  on'diuaiasn  .  The  mind 
of  tbo  child  is  naturally  active  -hy  ohcul  .1  we  v  tI  c  him 
take  his  itipreg-.i one  of  tfci  r.gs  tnrongh  uandethcear  ,  .hen  ho  may 
bo  able  to  sec  .  Tlio  child  la  a  natural  born  rubber  neck  •  Hi  s 
curiosity  is  alort  .  (live  him  the  chance  and  he  will  learn  .  One 

glanco  ,  if  he  ao-.is  the  thing  iats  Itself  is  better  than  k./o  hours 

of  studying  about  a  thing  vhich  he  -lies  not  <jes  .  ?lia  child  oha&d 
sbaso  develops  through  exercise  .  live  him  plenty  of  exorcise  , 
for  body  and  brain  •  The  moro  ho  work.?  his  arm  the  biggor  the 


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Good  "  was  the  c 

ii.uo  learning  a  pleasure  t  It  follows 
the  hunan  being  .  That  system  of  a due 
shows  to  those  who  learn  the  actual  thing  , 


jswer  .  Pine  It  teach33  through  play  .  It 

f,..o  natural  instincts  of  ■ 
lation  will  succeed  which 

not  the  ghost,  of  it  . 

1  firmly  buliova  that  the  moving  picture  indent inied  to  hour  in 
an  important  part  in  theeducation  of  the  future  .  One  may  aa'fc„e 
pages  to  the  descriptions  of  the  rrcoes.'.ea  f  nature  to  he  learned 
by  rote  in  i  i.usrkocls  .  Suppose  instead  that  we  -show  to  tne 
chile  the  stapes  cV  that  process  of  nature  .  Sboosnsnsnocnn  the 
COOOO-.  itself  ,  the  picture  of  the  cocoon  unfloding  ,  the  butterfly 
actually  emerging  .  sISs  The  kne .lodge  .vh  .eh  comes  fro::,  the 

actual  seeing  is  worth  .vhilo  .  '-'ho  geography  which  omss  fro:.. 

travel  is  hot  •  er  than  the  geography  of  the  hooks  ,  the  ne:rt  thing 
lo  ira.-el  is  following  the same  scenes  through  the  moving  picture  . 

I  oi»  notTf  conducting  an  educational  exv.arimam:  wsiobss30  theresults 
oi  which  I  shall  announce  one  of  those  days  .  ocas  V.e  have  two 
classes  consisting  each  of  twelve  bops  pupils  under  fifteen  posr 


years  of  age  . 

5<v. 


aro 

pictures  they  w  its  thers 
then,  no  formulae  ,  no  si 
observation  . 


B  is  co). '■.posed  of  girls  an- 
row  moving  pictures  an  J  ; 


the 


ml  after  seeing 
obnorvations  .  ’So  give 

faculties  aT-?  being  quickened  ano  stimulated  1 


this  method 
while  the 


-  study 


ahici-  has  ir  it  mol  event  » 


play 


i  -.roll  , 
irising 


knowl  elge  obtained  iasseia  is  not  i 

mostly  from  lack  of 

nruoh  ignorance  in  the  world  ana  and  some  of  it  learned 

e^oati;on 

concerning  college  ods  and  university  educati  on 


Pfgfi#?anfffesPrvi*ti011  wo  had  a  bAt 
have  fnnnaneiianfaa— -h; 

Mr  f!d i'3on  when  flaked 


U*«vde  — 
jon'cer'ning  colleg: 

that  it  ';was  all  very  well  for  professional  men  but  for  them 


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0 

only  " 

Mr  Edison  remar  ed  that  a  shill  to  an  vrho  i3  to  :--o  educated 
vnftor  his  ideas  should  bo"caughr  at  four  years  and  that 
th  a  li.o  st  rat  entire  and  the  oo.it  period  wit :»  which  an  advanced 

educator  has  to  do  iusafctj  From  four  to  si  oven  .  Aft  or  fii'toen  or 

eighteen  years  he  thinks  i *  is  not  possible  to  . tic  much  is  sis  for 
these  who  have  been  trains!  in  the  old  dry  ■  no  dust  fact  cramming 
regime  . 

n  The  ‘.rouble  with  our  sputoanonsaadncatianslisnsTibnsnQiitinnon.-.nffifiiinn 
way  of  educating  as  generally  followed  *  continued  Mr  Edison 
is  that  it  doeo  not  give  oie  elasticity  to  the  mind  .  It 
caBta  the  brain  intoa  moula  .  It  insists  that  the  child  mu3t 

accept  .  i.t  do 03  not  encourage  original  thought  ,  reasoning  ,  and 
it  lays  mors  stress  on  memory  than  on  observation  .  The  result 
of  accepting  dacha  unrelated  facta  , caoSa  fosters  conservatism  , 
it  breeds  four  osnanshlcn  and  from  fear  coke  a  ignorance  The  socin  g 
of  things  ir.  the  making  is  •.-hat.  counts  iso  Then  the  mind 
can  a;  i  roach  ihss  the  gaining  of  lino  lodge  with  out  ros  prejudice 
Shali  wo  say  lo  tso  young  ti.a '  file  -  eh •11  learn  ctaafienonnnp  mere  ly 
momorise  the  observations  of  others  •  learn  by  ro*o  the  thoughts 
of  others  unu  having  spont  years  is  the'  hoarding  up  of  v;liat  we 
call  knowledge  ,  begin  to  think  .  The  exercise  in  thinking  should 
begin  from  the  oarlieat  years  ,  aniit  can  bo  directed  through  brin  g 
ing  the  mind  in  contact  with  the  things  ‘that  are  .  SuBnycmaBaanlSjat 
What  wo  call  con3orvatiar.:  s»po  is  largelya  result  of  a  hard  and 

fa3t  way  of  teaching  ,  a  worship  of  Ssoambtoima  the  twenty  3ix 
Basssmahsaesagiphus  X  hieroglyphs  ,  the  adoration  of  aymbols  ,  which 
fosters  the  oreed  that  nothing  can  be  dono  ahenanansiilinhaa  whioh  has 


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I 


been  done  by  our  rat bora  .  5ab. 

i.j  the  greatest  foo  of  progress 
takaa  from  five  to  s  riven  years 


a  conservatism  which 
well  known  that  it 
nv  anti  or.  Jest  ini  ad  for 


universal  us. 
BhafisnUhiuuinsnc 
'Jr  Edison  t 
waiting  for  his 
plunged  into 
’  mill  . 


to 


>  way  through  the  crust  •. 


a  long  table 


830’dU  group  oi 
n.i  Cron,  oducst  ii 


toils 


porsnaiity  is  tases 
;ix  olock  ir.  their.orning  1. 


Thomas  A  I  is  on  as  ! 

l&tt.u. 

ir.il  eleven  at  night  . 


ul  1  t 


way  ar 

thinks  that  a  man  a*  -ji 
i n  ^library  with  th 


.  the 


)ch  no;  a;  Ilia  phy s> ; ioian  ba.tbwo 
sught  to  short  on  his  hours  .  Here 
'oluaisc  at  hi’  cons- ami  ,  there 
are  stacks  of  newspapers  and  jjacunher  yonder  la  an  alcove  whore 

are  plied  ir.  or wordy  fashion  tho  IdO  periodical  which  haacadnsnhasnnrio 
he  rasas  ovory  months  .  '/roc;  one  subject  to  another  ho  turns  with 
lightning  like  rapiuity  .  Every  phase  oi  him, an  eep.-jr  tnco  is  known 
to  him  .  Ha  system  oi  education  which  i3  his  own  ,  iou  has  given 
to  hia  wins  since  child  hood  an  eie  elasticity  and  flexibility 

which  is  almost  beyond  belief  unless  one  was  aim  talked  with 

him  an.!  watched  him  at  hie  work  during  an  afternoon  as  T  had 
tho  privilege  of  doing  thoother  day  at  Orange  .  The  world  huu 
asbad  line  its  omnivorous  readers  ,  who  are  after  ell  only  book 
worms  ,  or  snuffy  Havids  nSnlftodsnhhhn  stifling  in  tho  acrid  due  t 
of  unrelated  facts  .  Hero  is  an  intellectual  Titan  ,  the  product  of 
no  educational  system  save  hie  own  turning  quickly  from  one 
phase  of  human  knowledge  to  the  othor  ,  finding, play  in  work  and  work 


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10 

ill  play  ,  noising  this  fact  it  with  ar.  other  vui  ier 

the  fire  an  or  genius  .  Here  ir>  the  life  Ion.'  i'oe  of  conservatism 
the  maker  cl  inventions  which,  have  revol  ut  ionized  slluut 
civilisation  a  the  magician  of  the  telegraph  ,  the  telephone  , 

the  l.hoo  phonograph  ar. i  the  incanie3cent  light  ,  sashing  ai'ays  sd 


for  now  thoughts  an-!  new  ideas  .  Ho  no'-  formulae  has  ho  ,  nothing 
to  discard  for  he  bslinvsa  only  the  things  which  ho  has  proved  ,na 

and  his  mind  is  as  alert  his  thought  processes  an  agilo  at 

anamshpnsavannjnaaao  in  his  sixty  seventh  year  as  it  was  when  ha 
defied  his  Vuio  echocl  toucher  and.  ore claimed  ttia  in J op sndenco  of 
thought  . 

\  marvelous  mind  ,  tho  groat  dynamo  from  which  •  scores  cf  r en 
derive  inspiration  and  enthusiasm  as  they  band  to  choir  tasks  which 
are  like  play  to  them  under  his  direction  ,  asna&ahehhnnnt 
an  intellect  universal  in  its  grasp  ,  verily  a  nuparman  is  he  as 


we  ooo  him  at  his  mighty  toil  . 

Here  is  o5Si)3iic  efficiency  with  economy  of  effort  ,  rest  throng 
change  of  occupation  ,  the  switching  off  of  the  current  when  .it 
ie  not,  os, ployed  ,  .vhich  ooisoa  from  snnatnnnlnandnniL  fro:.!  the 
powerful  brain  stimulated  and  di:-eoJ‘r.i  by  a  n  education  in 


accordance  with  the  lavs  of  horaunfc  nature  . 

sssSslofit  ueu  Another  groun  of  exp era a  had  come  in  for  a  consul at i 
abc  t  storage  batteries  .  and  fresh  and  vigorous  as  though  thc-day 
had  just  begun  the  Sizarii.  of  the  Sect  turned  .•ibbsfjhoia  +o  them  saofeh 

with  unwearied  uund  and  sidling  face  although  the  hour  was  lata  . 
The  clout  os  cluster  of  oSoSnio  inoandeyconc  lights  blazed  into 
splendor  aQaSf  of  a  greater  light  vhich  shall  one  day  dispel 
forever  the  glace so £  darkness  of  te  a  learned  ignorance  . 


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Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Autograph  and  Photograph  Requests  (E-13-05) 

This  folder  contains  requests  for  Edison's  autograph  or  photograph  and 
related  correspondence.  Included  are  letters  from  collectors,  publishers,  news 
bureaus,  photography  studios,  and  educators.  Also  included  is  corres¬ 
pondence  with  Edison's  acquaintances,  employees,  and  distributors  of  his 
phonographs  and  batteries.  Among  the  documents  for  1913  are  letters  from 
future  son-in-law  John  E.  Sloane  regarding  a  photograph  of  the  inventor  with 
aviation  pioneer  Orville  Wright,  along  with  correspondence  concerning  portraits 
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to  acquaintances  such  as  John  B.  Miller,  president  of  the  Southern  California 
Edison  Co— a  former  resident  of  Port  Huron,  Michigan,  who  once  visited 
Edison  in  Menlo  Park.  Other  correspondents  include  longtime  Edison  associate 
Thomas  Commerford  Martin,  Persian  diplomat  Hayozoun  H.  Topakyan,  and 
Willis  R.  Whitney,  director  of  the  General  Electric  Research  Laboratory. 

Approximately  15  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  consist  primarily  of  letters  from  autograph  collectors  and 
dealers,  newspapers,  and  periodicals. 


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^  Jy 


.EPHONE8'|  ^GREELEY 

- 


Dear  Sir;- 

-e  have  haa  several  calls 
for  the  latest  photograph  of  Kr.  Edison. 

',7e  wouia  aeetn  it  a  great  favor  on  your 
part,  if  you  conia  bring  this  matter  to 
the  attention  of  nr.  Edison,  and  have  an 
appointment  made  for  one  of  our  photo¬ 
graphers  to  go  over  on  a  certain  date  and 
take  some  new  pictures  of  him. 

Thanking  you  for  any  courtesy 
von  -nav  show  us  in  this  matter,  we  are, 


Very  truly  yours, 
UUDEEFOO!)  &  UNDKHFOOh. 

Trews  Editor. 


Als/0’3 

WE  PHOTOGRAPH  YOUR  HOME,  YOUR  FAMILY.  YOUR  BUSINESS 


OPERATION.  IN  FACT,  ANYTHING  REQUIRED. 


January  8th  1915, 


Mr.  W.  G.  Bee, 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 

Orange,  N.J. 

Dear  Sir:- 

Wo  have  boon  requested  to  make  a 
picture  of  Mr.  Edison  for  Mr.  F.  T.  Fearey 
(whose  card  is  enclosed)  and  Mr.  Pearey 
would  like, if  possible, to  have  Mr. Edison's 
autograph  on  the  mount. 

Mr.  Falk  would  also  appreciate 
having  Mr.  Edison's  autograph  and  we  there¬ 
for  taka  the  liberty  of  sending  you  two 
mounts  and  would  thank  you  if  you  would 
attend  to  this  for  us. 

Trusting  that  this  will  cause  you 
no  trouble,  we  are 


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N.  J. 


Having  for  the  past  few  years  written  congratulations 
to  you  on  tlie  anniyersary  of  your  birth,  I  again  send  ny 
hearty  good  wishes  for  your  health  k  prosperity. 

it  was  nth  great  pride  in  pleasure,  that  I  received  your 
signed  letter  last  Feb. acknowledging  mind,  but  as  it  is  a  well 
known  fact,  tliatAl*  acre  a  nan  hafythe  npre  he  wants*’  nay  I 
beg  the  further  honour  of  a  sign^photdgraph“v  to  nake  a  pair 
with  one  of  Mr  Paul  Cronelin  whioh  he^sent^tp^  last  year, 
after  a  very  enjoyable  conversation  re.  the  filter*  Edison  products. 

With  every  good  wish  for  the  success  of  tie  New  Edison  Disc. 


wwow 


Having  received  autographed  photographs 
from  some  of  America’s  most  prominent  men,  including 
Governor  ",'ilson,  Governor  Culzer,  Theodore  Koosevelt, 
.Andrew  Carnegie,  John  D.  Rockefeller  and  J.  p.  Morgan 
I  desire  very  much  to  possess  one  of  your  autographed 
photographs,  if  I  am  not  asking  too  much. 

I  shall  always  prize  it  very  iiighly 
and  tliank  you  for  your  kindness  in  granting  me 
this  request. 


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STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  KENTUCKY, 

HENRY  S.  BARKER.  LL.  D.,  PRESIDENT 
JAMES  G.  WHITE,  A.  M..  Vice-President 

COLLEGE  OF  MECHANICAL  AND  ELECTRICAL  ENGINEER. I 
F.  PAUL  ANDERSON.  M.  E..  DEAN. 

PROFESSOR  OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERING. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

■  Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 

%  dear  Mr.  Edison: 


February  13  th,' 

MEADOWCiiorr.3* 


We  are  p^sparing'  a  111:15:1480,116  room  in 
onr  engineering  hall  of  the  College  of  Mechanical  and 
Electrical  Engineering  of  the  State  University  of 
Kentucky  and  we  would  esteem  it  agreat  honor  to  receive 
from  you  a  large  picture  of  yourself  with  your  autograph 
together  with  any  good  word  to  the  future  generations  of 
engineers  that  you  might  see  fit  to  add.  This  picture 
of  you  will,  we  hope,  be  preserved  for  years  to  come. 

V/e  feel  that  there  is  no  American  who  has 


ever  done  more  for  commercial  engineering  than  you  have 
and  we  want  to  put  your  likeness  in  a  place  where  it  will 
be  an  inspiration  to  the  young  engineer. 

We  do  not  feel  like  putting  you  to  the  expense  j 
of  furnishing  this  picture  so  if  you  will, secure  the  print  / 
and  take  the  trouble  to  give  us  your  autograph  and  the  sen^j. 
timent  and  send  the  bill  for  the  picture,  we  will  send  a/ 


remittance  to  you. 


Ihos.  A.  Edison  -  8 


I  know  you  are  an  extremely  'busy  man 
■but  I  hope  you  will  grant  this  favor  as  you  will  he 
contributing  to  our  work  of  perpetuating  a  race  of 
splendid  engineers. 

With  my  kindest  regards  and  best  wishes. 


Very  truly  yours, 


Imperial  Persian  Consulate  General 


q/&- 


Jebruary  24,  1913. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq.., 

West  Orange, 

K.  J- 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

Please  accept  my  thanks  for  your 
"beautiful  autograph  photograph  which  I  have  re¬ 
ceived.  I  appreciate  your  great  kindness  in 
sending  it  to  me  and  shall  always  prize  it 
very  highly. 

Again  thanking  you,  I  "beg  to  re¬ 


main 


February  27th  1913. 


Mr.  W.  H.  Moadowcroft, 

C  to  The  a.  A.  Edison,  Inc. 
'  Orange,  H.  J. 


Dear  Sir:- 

We  are  aending  to-day*  to  Mr.  Hice,  Secretary,  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers  Society ,29  West  39th  Str..as  directed,  the 
carbon  portrait  of  Mr.  Edison  ordered  ir.  your  letter  of  February 
10th.  in  order  to  make  this  print  the  size  you  wished  we  were 
obliged  to  make  a  14  x  17  inoh  plate. 

On  the  supposition  that  there  will  be  subsequent  orders  from 
this  negative  we  are  charging  only  the  duplicate  rate  of  §20.  instead 
of  §35.  which  is  the  regular  rate  for  making  plate  that  size  and 


print  in  carbon. 

With  best  regards,  lam 


yours  very  truly. 

✓  '"'T  Y 


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will  be  any  objection  to  our  meeting  his  wishes. 


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deal re  to  uae  in  a  complimentary  way.  a  photograph 
,  in  the  May  number  of  the  Hardware  Dealers*  Magazin 


which  ia  now  being  prepared.  Our  columns  are  2*«  wide,  and  if  you 
have  a  out  which  you  could  send  ua  for  that  purpose,  we  would  be 
glad  to  receive  it  and  will  return  it;  otherwise,  can  you  furnish 
us  with  his  photograph? 

Yours  very  truly. 


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TIiob  k  K'lison  Esq. 

Orange  II .  J . 

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being  published  by  Macmillan  Co, and  which  v 
o  use  a  photo  of  yourself  somewhere  between 


Dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft, 

Thanlt  you  very  much  for  the  particulars  about  Mr.  Edison. 
You  may  remember  he  signed  a  photograph  for  me,  sitting  in  a  chair. 
Unless  I  hear  from  you  to  the  contrary  I  shall  take  it  for  granted 
that  X  may  reproduce  this  in  my  nevf  American  hook.  I  have  no  doubt 
it  has  been  reproduced  often  before,  and  therefore,  there  is  no  copy¬ 
right.  VuC 


William  P. Kennedy 

Consulting  Engineer 


Hr.  R.  2.  lozier. 

Central  Sorvioe  Corporation, 

141  Broadway, 

lew  York  City. 

Hy  dear  lozier:- 

At  the  roqnost  of  Mr.  Hoadoworoft, 
t  om  ofivuvin^  ttou  under  separate  oarer  the  oi 

at  our  new  factory.  Eloaoe  accept  uhis  with  -<r. 

Headoworoft's  oonmlimantc. 

“  T  hooe  you  will  loot  tho  writer  up 
sometime  When  you"  are  in  this  neighborhood  and  not 
confine  all  of  your  attention  to  tho  laboratory 
end  of  our  work. 


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Aug.  14,  1913. 


William  H.  Meadowcroft, 

Secretary  to  Thomas  A.Edison, 

Orange,  H.J. 

Dear  Hr.  Meadowcroft 

ThanJc  you  very  much  indeed 
for  your  kind  letter  of  the  13th  inst. 

The  photograph  of  Mr.  Edison 
la  a  splendid  one  and  I  surely  am  delimited 
with  the  autograph  and  with  the  fact 
that  we  can  keep  the  photograph  and 
put  it  in  our  little  art  gallery  of 
choice  spirits. 

With  all  kind  wishes,  evor 

Your  sincere. 


EH  W 


Puget  Sound  Traction,  Light  &  Power  Co. 


Washington,^. .August  21,  1913 

Mr.  W.  H.  Meadowcroft, 

%  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 

Dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft: 

Mr.  J.  A.  Cranston,  Northwest  Manager~oT^the  General 
Electric  Company  located  at  Portland,  blew  in  here  today  and  was 
very  enthusiastic  over  his  very  pleasent  call  on  Mr.  Edison.  In 
the  course  of  our  conversation  I  asked  him  if  he  had  received  a 
photograph  of  Mr.  Edison  with  the  latter's  autograph,  when  he  was 
at  Orange,  and  he  stated  he  had  not. ■  You  may  remember  that  I 
asked  you,  if  it  was  perfectly  consistent  for  you  to  do  so,  to 
see  that  Mr.  Cranston  got  one  of  these  while  he  was  East,  and  I 
think  it  probably  slipped  your  mind. 

Mr.  Cranston  is  a  devout  deciple  of  Mr.  Edison  and  is 
one  of  the  kind  who  would  deeply  appreciate  receiving  such  a 
photograph  with  Edison's  autograph  addressed  to  him.  Will  you 
see  what  you  can  do  regarding  this,  end  if  you  can,  please  mail 
it  to  Mr.  Cranston  at  his  address  in  Portland.  I  shall  be  glad 
to  send  Mr.  Edison  from  time  to  time  information  which  will  be  of 
interest  to  him  of  matters  that  come  up  in  this  territory. 

With  my  best  regards,  believe  me, 


Very  Bincerely  yougs, 


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August  27,  1913. 

Meadoworoft , 


Edison  laboratory, 

Orange,  H.J. 

Dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft: 

I  have  to-day  had  a  delega¬ 
tion  of  six  very  young  ladies  call 
upon  me  to  request  that  I  donate  to 
them  a  picture  of  Mr.  Edison,  to  he 
hung  in  the  class  room  along  with 
other  celebrities,  such  as  Washington, 
lincoln,  Grant,  etc.  ,  etc.,  and  I 
have  promised  that  I  would  make  an 
effort  to  comply  with  their  wish. 

I  am  writing  to  you  to  inquire 
what  you  regard  as  the  best  picture, 
lithograph  or  otherwise,  extant  of  Mr. 
Edison,  and  where  I  can  secure  it. 

If  you  will  take  the  trouble  to  give 
mo  this  information,  I  will  do  my  best 
to  complete  the  joy  that  must  come  to 
these  young  girls  in  its  possession. 


I  think  I  recall  seeing  in 
Mr.  Edison's  study,  a  bust.  Do 
yon  know  whether  or  not  this  could 
he  procured  in  plaster,  and  if  so, 
at  what  price.  I  think  I  would 
prefer  a  bust  to  a  picture  if  it 
is  not  too  expensive. 

Thanking  you  in  advance  for  the 
favor  of  an  early  reply,  and  with 
kindest  regards  to  Mr.  Edison,  I  am, 


B  B.  Sjia-w 

Vn.TJAMSPORT 


Bv 


September  6,  1913. 


Mr.  William  H.  Meadoworoft, 

Edison  laboratory. 

Orange,  H.J. 
My  dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft: 


On  my  return  to  the  office  I  find 
your  letter  of  the  28th,  together  with  a  most 
excellent  photo  of  Hr.  Edison. 

I  certainly  am  very  grateful  to 
you  for  the  prompt  and  courteous  treatment  my 
request  received  at  your  hands. 

I  immediately  had  the  photo  framed, 
pasted  your  letter  on  the  baok  of  same,  and  it 
now  has  taken  its  place  among  the  collection  of 
distinguished  Americans  on  the  walls  of  the 
loyal so ok  District  High  Sohool. 


Very  truly  yours, 


3-5,  FRITH  ROAD, 

CROYDON,  London. 

9th  Sept.  1913. 


T.  A.  Edison  Esq.,, 
Orange.  N.J. 


Dear  Mr  Edison, 

I  received  your  autographed  portrait  with  very  many 
thanks.  I  have  handed  same  over  to  my  Daughter  Maude  who  will 
write  your,  herself  and  express  her  thanks,  she  ooneiders  the 
photograph  the  best  present  she  has  in  her  house. 

I  should  very  much  like  one  to  hanff  up  in  my  Offioe 
here,  should  you  favour  me,  you  may  rest  assured  the  Photograph 
would  be  given  the  best  position  in  my  Office. 

In  the  meantime,  I  beg  to  remain. 


Yours  very  truly. 


G-ABrvan 


P.  0.  Box.  668, 

Hew  Kensington,  Penna. 


Hon.  T7.  H.  Keadowcroft,  Private  Sec.,  to 

Hon.  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Ph.D.  ’.Test  Orange,  H .  J.  . 

Dear  Sir: 

I  am  interested  in  autographs  of  the  distinguished 
personages,  having  to-date  a  very  remarkable  collection  and 
would  be  very  much  gratified  if  your  honor  would  please  be 
kind  enough  to  comply  with  my  wishes. 

Trusting  you  will  be  considerate  in  this  matter,  I 
beg,  to  remain, 


Respectfully T 


Sept.  28,  19X3. 


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Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq.. 


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Llewellyn  Park,  West  Orange,  N.  J. 


Pear  Sir:- 

We  will  "be  gLad  to  have  you  accept  the  inclosed  set  of 
photographs,  which  we  send  with  our  compliments. 

We  are  indebted  to  you  for  your  courtesy  in  permitting 
our  photographer,  Mr.  William  Townend,  to  take  these  photographs, 
and  we  will  he  very  gLad  in  case  you  desire  more  prints,  to  send 


them  to  you. 

If  at  any  time  there  are  any  photographs  which  you  de¬ 
sire  taken  of  you  or  your  activities,  we  would  he  greatly  indebted 
to  you  if  you  would  let  us  know,  and  we  would  he  glad  to  cover  the 
assignment  and  place  all  of  the  prints  at  your  disposal. 

Very 


truly  yours, 


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November  1st, 1913. 


Thos.  A.  Edison,  Esq., 


a  taking  this  liberty, 


isking  your  indulgence 


as  an  old  timer  in  Wall  Street  and  an  old  friend  of  the  late 
Senator  John  J.  Kiernan,  the  first  publisher  of  the  Financial 
News  slips.  An  enlarged  copy  of  the  enclosed  picture, I 
think, used  to  hang  in  his  office. 

Will  you  kindly  autograph  and  date  (as  near  as  ^ 
you  can  fix  it)  this  photo,  on  the  upper  part,  and  return 
it  to  me  in  stamped  envelope  herewith.  I  apologize  again 
for  giving  you  this  trouble,  and  am,  with  much  respect, 


hti,  £ct**x<n*  :  uJ-a-4 


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Hr.  TBn.  H.  Headoworoft, 

Assistant  to  Ur.  Edison, 
Orange,  New  Jersey 

Bear  Hr.  Headoworoft; 


Portland  Ore.,  Electric  Building 
November (lYs  1913 


She  mail  this  morning  brought  me  Hr.  Edison's 
picture  and  it  oould  not  bring  me  anything  more  welcome.  Shis  splendid 
1  lioness  shall  have  a  place  above  my  desk,  just  where  X  can  see  it  while 
I  work,  and  be  reminded  what  work  can  do  and  has  done  and  of  the  honor 
obtained  by  those  whose  work  has  aided  in  the  world's  enlightenment  and 


progress. 

For  the  marvelous  things  Hr.  Edison  has  already  accomplished, 
the  world  is  his  debtor  and  his  friends  here  and  everywhere  wish  him  a 
long  life  to  round  out  to  completeness  the  things  he  aspects  to  do. 
Please  convey  to  him  my  thanks  and  appreciation. 


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Hr.  William  H.  Meadoworoft, 

Thcmaa  A.  Ella  on' a  laboratory. 

Orange,  H.  J. 

dear  Mr.  Meadow  or  oft  t 

We  have  just  completed 


In  soheneotady 


a  new  building  for  our  Researoh  Laboratory  which  le  a  fine 
building  and  very  thoroughly  equipped  for  this  work. 

Dr.  Whitney,  who  la  Director  of  this 
Laboratory,  la  anxious  to  obtain  an  autographed  portrait  of  Mr* 
Edison  for  the  office  of  this  Laboratory.  It  will  be  la  very 
good  oospaiy,  and  X  hope  that  you  oan  obtain  thla.  If  you  will 
have  it  aeat  direct  to  W.  R.  Whitney,  Research  Laboratory,  Gen¬ 
eral  Eleotrie  Company,  Soheneetady,  H.  Y.,  1  will  be  very  much 


Yours  vary  truly. 


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SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 


Mr.  Thomas  A. 


Orange,  H 


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My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  should  not  have  taken  this  liberty  of  writing 
or  bothering  you,  had  I  not  Just  reoeived  the  enclosed 
oopy  of  letter  from  Mr.  Howell  to  Mr.  Meadowcraft. 

A  long  time  ago  I  brought  to  the  attention  of 


Mr.  Morrison  and  Mr.  Howell  our  desire  to  have  an 
autographed  portrait  of  you  in  the  laboratory.  I 
understood  that  one  of  them  might  be  visiting  you 
some  time,  and  oould  broach  the  subject  to  you.  If 
it  were  merely  a  matter  of  writing  a  letter  to  your 
offioe,  I  might  have  done  it  myself,  but  the  idea  of 
having  something  really  personal,  and  from  you  to  the 
General  Electric  Company's  Researoh  Laboratory,  was 
what  appealed  to  me  most,  and  made  me  hope  that  through 
Mr.  Howell's  personal  intercession,  we  oould  have  a 
portrait  of  you  which  would  have  come,  bo  to  speak, 
directly  from  you.  The  difference  between  having  a 
portrait  that  we  might  produoe  ourBelves  by  copying 


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one  in  any  size,  or  by  purohasing  in  the  open  market, 
and  having  one  first  hand,  of  your  selection,  for 
our  particular  inspiration,  may  be  purely  psychological, 
but  it  Beems  considerable  to  us. 

Yours  very  truly, 


JjYr  (JJ-R.  ICfuUc 


! 


WRW:C 


W.  H.  Meadowcroft,  Esq., 

Edison  Laboratory 
Orange ,  N .  J . 

My  dear  Meadowcroft 

I  have  your  esteemed  favor  of  December- 2nd  and  am 
very  glad  indeed  to  be  reassured  as  to  Mr.  Edison's  health 
and  as  to  the  greater  care  he  is  taking  of  himself,  although 
I  must  confess  that  when  I  work  until  eleven  o'clock  at  night, 
as  I  do  quite  often,  X  do  not  exactly  feel  that  I  am  slackening. 

I  am  wanting  to  use  one  or  two  copies  of  the  Edison 
book  for  Christmas  presents  and  would  like  to  have  Mr.  Edison's 
autograph  in  them  if  he  would  not  mind.  I  am  wondering  whether 
you  have  copies  at  the  Laboratory  which  you  could  send  me  fixed 
up  in  that  way,  when  I  could  reimburse  you  or  order  copies  to 
be  sent  you  for  that  purpose.  I  want  to  avoid  if  X  can  the 
sending  of  the  books  back  and  forth  as  it  is  expensive  and  does 


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not  improve  them. 


Meantime  with  regards  and  hoping  you  will  be  able  to 
drop  into  town  soon,  if  only  to  help  along  the  casue  of  the  5 ft 


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Dear  sir:- 

As  per  arrangement  made  with  you 
when  you  were  here  with  Mr.  Henry  Ford, 
we  are  sending  you  today,  by  ij.s.  express 
prepaid,  the  picture-  of  Mr.  Edison  which 
is  to  toe  autographed  by  Mr.  Edison  and 
then  forwarded  to  Mr.  Perd  at  Detroit. 

We  have  had  the  cover  screwed 
instead  of  nailed  down  so  as  to  cause  you 
as  little  trouble  as  possible.  ThahKtng 
you  for  your  interest  in  the  matter,  we  are 


very  truly  yours, 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Automobile  (E-13-06) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  use  of  Edison's  alkaline  storage  battery  in  electric  vehicles  and 
automobile  ignition  systems,  along  with  items  concerning  automobiles  owned 
by  Edison  and  his  family.  Among  the  documents  for  1913  are  letters 
pertaining  to  Edison's  acquisition  of  a  Model  T  Ford.  The  correspondents 
include  H.  W.  Hillman,  president  of  the  General  Vehicle  Co.;  longtime  Edison 
associate  Samuel  Insull  of  the  Commonwealth  Edison  Co.;  and  W.  F. 
Siegmund,  president  of  the  Detroit  Electric  Car  Co.  of  St.  Louis. 

Approximately  40  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
unselected  items  consist  primarily  of  unsolicited  correspondence,  invoices 
from  garage  services,  and  records  of  sundry  expenses. 


CABLE  ADDRESS  "GEVECO" 


the  wumstftowm 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

ELECTRIC  COMMERCIAL  VEHICLES 


January  10th  1915. 


Mr.  W.  H.  Meadow craft, 

The  Edison  laboratory, 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. , 
\7.  Orange,  11. J. 


Bear  Mr.  Meadowcraft 

Confirming  our  telephone  conversation  this 
morning,  I  understand  you  will  make  an  earnest  effort  to  talk 
with  Mr.  Edison  today  regarding  forms  which  Mr.  Bee  took  with 
him  last  Monday  after  his  consultation  over  here  regarding 
Edison  Battery  Service  System. 

We  shall  he  glad  to  hear  from  Mr.  Bee  on 


the  telephone  Monday  in  accordance  with  your  statement.  He 
will  understand  the  reason  we  are  trying  to  push  this  matter, 
as  it  was  explained  to  him  fully  when  he  was  here  Monday. 

Yours  very^truly , 


HWH/MU 


'  President's  Office. 


you  and  I  will  have  one  or  two  good  stories  for  you. 
Is  there  anything  to  it?  You  promised  Henry  Ford 
and  I  that  you  would  come  some  time  and  I  hope 
it  is  true. 

Are  you  doing  anything 
with  the  motor,  and  what  is  new  under  the  sun  in 
the  way  of  a  battery  and  motor  and  what  about  the 
charging  set?  Have  some  one  write  me  fully  all 
about  it. 


Yours  truly, 


V/CA/.E 


Commonwealth  Edison  Company, 


Chicago,  May  17th,  1913. 


We  are  having  express  to  you  a  framed  g" 

photograph  showing  the  electric  vehicles  at  present 
in  use  by  the  Commonwealth  Edison  Company.  We 
trust  that  this  will  reach  you  in  good  condition. 


Very  truly  yours. 


COMMONWEALTH  EDISON  COMPANY, 


CHS/O 


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Commonwealth  Edison  Company. 


DEMONSTRATE  WHAT  AN 
ELECTR1CTRUCK  DOES 

C.  D.  Stanford  Shows,  in  Prac¬ 
tice,'  Good  Points  of  the  At¬ 
lantic  Vehicle. 

AIMS  TO  WIN  BREWERS 

Excellent  Performance  Attributed 
to  Parts  Which  Eliminate 
Friction. 


Report  from  “Philadelphia 
North  American”  of  Sunday, 
July  27th,  1913. 

Record  of  long  distance  hauls  made  in  Phila¬ 
delphia,  July  10th,  11th,  12th  and  15th,  for 
C.  Schmidt  &  Sons. 

Also  runs  for  F.  A.  Poth  &  Sons  on  July  16th, 
17th,  18th  and  22nd. 

Each  run  made  on  one  charge  of  a  25  M.  V. 


i  other 


Commercial  Truck  Company  of  America 

ELECTRIC  COMMERCIAL  VEHICLES 

praLADEWHiA  August  7th,  1913^^ 

y  « u  -f1 

i.  wsa.  ~ 

Dear  aZ  Wi.ont-  4'“*^  j!X‘ 3“^/ '‘I. eJ'“ 

i  ™*  »%f “  ttr?rs,"5«hBn.fe  »2ia  L 

srs^g  l;:s“‘.»  .n5 » i.~;  -  -3 

various  grades,  higher  g^gg^^in^^compared  with  shunt  wind|.p 

lifiSIlSrllllili 

harged.  _ _ a  V 

*.  juasrssts 

r“«  iSt1^ m  'Er£sf  If  SiS^s  KtTaf  ir.rd»sih*.4.».5  .t 

cells  for  exciting  the  fields.  o_  £ 

Thanking  you  for  your  courtesy,  T  am,  |=4_jj 

Yours  very  truly. 


f* 


KRW/J 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


PLEASURE...  COMMERCIAL  CARS 

st.louis.mo.  Aueuat,  12,  1913, 

..SN,r- on'- 


11 

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Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Edison  Storage  Battery 
Orange,  H.J. 

My  doar  Mr.  Edison, 

I  enclose  herewith  a  little 
clipping,  tolling  of  a  run  made  hy  a  Detroit  Electric  with 
your  Battery.  The  interesting  part  of  it  is  that  six  months 
ago  whan  the  Battery  was  new,  wo  wore  hardly  aBle  to  make 
54  of  the  75  miles  and  after  the  battery  had  Been  in  usi 
months,  wo  made  the  run  perfectly. 

I  want  to  thank  you  again  for  tho 
courtesies  tendered  Mrs.  Siegjnund  and  myself  while  we  were 
inOrango  two  months  ago  and  I  assure  you  that  the  3uecoss 
of  the  Edison  Battery  is  uppermost  in  my  mind.  With  Bpst 
wishes,  I  am. 


p? 


L 


Yours  very  truly, 


Commercial  Truck  Company  of  America 

ELECTRIC  COMMERCIAL  VEHICLES 
n°y°  -  'o.Hlill'-.N.o'tV  pniLAnnu'iiiiV  August  13th,  191^ 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  New  Jersey. 

Dear  Mr.  Edisonr- 

Your  favor  of  the  9th  instant  has  been  received  and  is 

very  much  appreciated. 

I  will  look  forward  with  a  great  deal  of  interest  to  re 
ceiving  the  additional  data  on  your  experiments. \ 

Yours  very  truly. 


yj^.l^r^r'a 

ftlwU  "T1 "  t~~j~6L..  a/h  tnuu- 

^EL<. — > 


Automobile  Momrl'iiolurors 


Thomas  A  Edison 

Orange 

IT  J 


Oot  6  1913 


ATTENTION  -MR  Hutchison 


V/e  have  received  the  one  Model  T  motor  as 
last  mentioned  in  our  letter  of  September  19th  and 
would  advise  that  we  are  today  extending  full  credit 
to  your  account  for  same. 

Trusting  that  this  adjustment  is  entirely 
satisfactory,  we  remain 


DLV  IB 


ford  motor  company 

Service  Department 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Aviation  [not  selected]  (E-13-07) 


This  folder  contains  unsolicited  correspondence  requesting  Edison's 
advice,  assistance,  or  opinion  on  matters  related  to  aviation.  The 
correspondents  consist  of  aviators,  inventors,  enthusiasts,  and  journalists. 
None  of  the  letters  received  a  substantive  reply  from  Edison. 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Battery,  Primary  (E-1 3-08) 

This  folder  consists  primarily  of  minutes  and  reports  relating  to  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  primary  batteries  by  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Inc.  Among 
the  documents  for  1913  is  a  report  on  the  organization  of  the  Primary  Battery 
Dept,  at  Silver  Lake,  New  Jersey,  along  with  an  organizational  chart.  Also 
included  are  references  to  plant  operations;  sales  and  advertisements;  and 
the  use  of  primary  batteries  in  telephones,  railways,  gas  engines,  and  fan 
motors. 

All  of  the  documents  have  been  selected  except  meeting  announce¬ 
ments. 


Minutes  of  the  First  Mooting 
of  the 

Primary  Uattory  Comraitten 
Hold  January  10,  1913 
at  2J00  F.K. 

In  the  Executive  Committee  Hoom 

Frosent:  Mosers.  HcChenney,  Ctovons,  Laughlin  (for  Mr. 

and  Maxwell . 


V 


'fhera  occurred  a  general  discussion  of  the 
propor  ooopo  of  the  Committee’ s  work. 

Mr.  MoChesnoy  atated  that  he  would  like  to 
dineuns  advertising  at  the  next  meeting  and  thought  It  would  he  a 
good  idop  for  Mr.  Hudnon  to  prepare  Rome  information  as  to  domeotio 
Lies  and  advertising  expenditures  during  the  past  '  „y?o  f u rnish 

wan  deoidad  that  the  Committee  should  request  Mr.  Hudson  t0 
the  gross  domestio  snlee  by  years  and  the  advertising  expenditures 
by  years,  for  the  pant  four  years. 

Mr.  fitevens  said  that  at  the  next  meeting 

fan  motor  outfits. 

Mr.  MoChesney  inquired  as  to  what  exhibitions 

a.  **»»»  luturr 

stated  that  tho  Hall.ay  *PPll  into.  Mr.  I’.oChenney  romfirhod  that 
it  wao  decided  to  suggest  to * «rmrtment  heodo,  requeoting  them 

that  a  memorandum Jbe  isouod  to  ail  dep  tment  whioh  they  oonteraplated 
to  advise  Mr.  Uolbeor  concerning  a; consult  other  department  heads 

^wTSSrSL.*  "M"n  m"14  llk*  ” 

join  in  such  exhibition. 

_ .  _  ...id-d  thrauah  Mr.  Hudson’s  abBenoo, 

to  postpone  Sj'SSIhr'iSbS"©?' ‘ S#"o£-^' ‘ 

Tuesday  or  Friday. 


Vm.  Maxwell. 


Copies  to  all  oommltteo  art*n  »»d 
Meesro.  Edison,  Wilson  and  Looming. 


THOMAS  A.  EDISON, 


Hreoent:  Kocaro. 


Kinutoo  of  a  f.poc  ial  Mooting 
of  the 

Primary  Battery  Committee 
Hold  February  17,  1913 
at  1:30  1- . 

In  the  Executive  Uomsiittc 


UcChesney,  Hudoori,  r.tevon: 


,  and  l.uxwoll . 


Hr.  Hud  eon  oubmittea  the  following  figure  b 
on  disbursements  undo  by  the  1-rimary  Battery  Bcpartiaent  from 
March  1,  1911!  to  Bocember  1.  1912  in  reapect  of  advertising  and 
allied  'expenses. 


Advertising. . . . 
Conventions . . . . 
Entertainment. . 


hr.  Hudson  otated  that  he  believes  an  appropriation  should  oe 
uocided  upon,  baaed  upon  previous  ivies  and  profits  and  the  pros- 
poets  vuCi  plena  for  increased  salon  development.  He  thought  it 
would  also  be  desirable  if  an  estimate  could  be  mis  and  approved 
at  the  beginning  of  each  fiacjal  year,  covering  all  forms  ol  celling 
expense  so  that  he,  aa  manager  of  hiu  department,  -oultl  xnou  within 
v/liat  limitations  lie  would  be  expected  to  work.  Hr.  Maxwell  re¬ 
marked  that  this  is  quite  common  with  other  large  concerns,  s-r. 
hcChoaney  atatod  that  while  he  was  not  prepared  to  c.. press  any 
opinion  about  the  advisability  of  a  budge*  or  appropriation  to 
cover  till  clcnonto  of  nalcc  expense ,  he  though*  it  highly  desirable 
as  concerns  advertising  expense.  After  discussion  it  wan  t*ie 
unanimous  opinion  of  the  Committee  that  a  definite  ivppropria*ionu 
for  advertising  should  bo  made. 

Hr,  Maxwell  inquired  aa  to  tho  probable  gross 
buoinons  for  the  fiscal  year  drawing  to  n  close  and  the  anticipated- 
net  profits.  The. figures  given  by  Hr.  Hudson  allow  that  our  adver¬ 
tising  oxucndituru  in  the  pact  hats  been  but  a  small  percentage  of 
tho  net  profits .  Ur.  Hudson  thought  that  iu  view  of  the  new 
fields  into  which  ho  io  neckin'  to  extend  the  nun  of  Vrimnry 
Butteries,  a  larger  aum,  any  012,000  should  be  epont  during  *he 
"ensuing  fiscal  year.  Ur.  HcChosncy  suggested  that  it  might  be 
oaviuuklo  to  go  over  the  different  papers  which  it  will  bo  neces- 
sury  to  uou  to  roach  the  people  it  io  desired  to  reach,  find  thou 
consider  the  expenditure  noccacary  to  muko.  He  thought  thin  sum 
might  prove  to  to a  leee  than  $12,000.  Hr.  Hudson  accepted  this 
suggestion.  Hr.  Maxwell  suggested  that  I'r.  Hudson  nenu  to  -r. 
UcCheanoy  a  memorandum  doocritoing  the  fields  in  which  he  desires  to 
advortiuo ,  that  Hr.  HcChesriey  prepare  a  list  of  media,  and  thsit 
both  of  them  go  over  this  list  together .  reach  an  agreement  as  to 
which  should  he  unedf  nnd  report  to  the  Cocrcittee •  After  aioeuBBion 
it  too  qo  dec  id  eel. 


the 


},'0r  the  guidance  of  the  Committee  in  cone id 
in,-  the  subject  of  advertising  expenditure  Kr.  Uu‘*""V 
requested  ut  the  first  meeting  of  the  Coinraittec.  tu  total  oul 

MS  t  ,in. 

ss-s  ss^sr-r 

t'Rxnell. 

With  reference  to  fan  motor  outfits,  t-r. 

Hudson  utn ted  that  there  in  no  lonEcr  n  doneutic  derienu  for  ther. 
and  that  ho  thought  their  me.nuf octure  connlcte ":-t  the 

called  attention  to  the  fact  tliat  vi;  •  •  vi.  in  ... 

,,r,:  .nt  ti:;n  twenty- two  9-  motors  ami  twenty  ?•  «ot°rr.  ..Ito 
have  a  quantity  of  component  p-rts  sufficient  io*  t.ho 
of  fifty  more  9"  motoru  provided  a  I!«’..ll  H-  •;  -  ^  outfitr, 

hr.  iltevenu  stated  that  the  foreign  enu.-ni;  xor  fn.i  .wtor  ou.ii  . 
vmrticularlY  the  9"  outfit,  bocico  to  oe  steadily,  U  alovly,  gim. 
inr,  (Hoe  minuter  of  first  meeting)  and  that  wort  llj;  ur 

vrofit  made  on  the  oale  of  there  goods,  it  helps  “°  "  r”  ‘ ,  „ 

entire  linn  ruth  the  houth  American  trade.  J^  .vouli  ^  'I*™  ; 

vorv  dad  to  have  tlieir  manufacture  continue!.,  if  it  c.uilu  Of.  .on 
on  profitable  baair. .  Hr.  Sludoon  stated  that  ii  ’-i 
.  -eiuf.-ic  lure  fan  motor  outfitr.,  vie  ought  to  h  ve  the 
j/i  rtwunt  design  a  nevi  cheap  uotor  which  coulu  be  ..  ..  — 
bv  the  electrical  department,  hr.  !.;i;:v/ell  inquired  '‘iiother  a 
foreign  business  of.  say  1S>0  outfits  per  year  souio  justify  un^ 
in  continuing  the  manufacture  of  the  fan  r.o tor  even  i  r.  c  i. 
one  could  be  designed,  hr.  Hudson  thought  not.  u nle.. .  ;«  ™ 

use  the  »am,;  steel  cartings  and  armature  lnmin.-tionn ,  • ,  ’ 

j&SK  trx.Tr.'&s;  - 

ventilation . 


Ur.  Hudson  ro;> 
octangular  typo  of  coll  suited  for 
despatching  service.  After  aiscus 
the  Msecs rity  for  this  new  cell, 
to  two  new  typos  of  coll  which 


u-te 


,ho  design  of  a  small 
-  railway  telephone  train 
i  the  Committee  agreed  with 
Hudson  also  called  attention 
non  developed  and  placed  in  the 


...»  0011 

assure  »rw 

3 Hi  type  cells.  reducing  the  number  of  parta 

i, ein ,,  to  eliminate  ono  part.  tnui.  rr,“'  *“r‘  ‘*  nic  Committee  alter 

fiSg'«S^81^fegaH8?»S0M?n6f  the  opinion  that  the 
foregoing  changes,  sre  justified. 

There  followed  n  «““”t°S0£f,5r^triSutorB 
counts,  fr.  Stevens  stated  ^ business;  we  to  .mote  the 

be  « omitted  to  quote  only  40,.  on  lon.ien 


aaac  discounts  abroad  except  to  distributors  whom  v/o  establish  iri 
foreign  countries.  Hr.  Jiuduon  thought  that  a  flat  40;'  diocount 
would  In  many  cases,  outnide  of  our  rogulnr  distributors,  be  too 
high  a  price*  and  curtail  our  business.  After  considerable  dio- 
cuooion  witheugrooaent ,  it  stub  decided  to  postpone  further  con¬ 
sideration.  of  thia  question  until  the  next  meeting  or  a  special 
meeting  to  be  called  for  that  purpose . 

Hr.  iiudson  submitted  draft  of  new  sales  arrange¬ 
ment  embodying  the  following  changes: 

^  “CKAT'G  IT*  DIJSC-'  UTTr; 

Jobbcrc  entitled  to  our  very  beat 
discountc  for  1911.’  were  known  as  Claes  "A"  nr.d  Class 
"PA*  Diotributoro,  but  it  is  proposed  for  1913  that 
customers  fonaorly  quoted  Claim  "A"  discounts  ahull 
be  known  an  Distributors  »  and  those  quoted  Class 
dincountu  shall  be  known  no  Jobbers. 

Distributors  will  receive  the  name 
discounts  and  quantity  allowances  as  for  1912.  Jobbers 
will  receive  45/'  diocount  on  orders  amounting  to  $30 
list  or  more,  arid  40;'  on  loso  than  i-3C;  list;  ‘.vlioroao 
these  discounts  previously  wore  40-lCi  aid  40;' .  A 
change  io  wade  in  the  quantity  allowances  to  adjust 
the  difference  in  discount. 

A  little  grantor  distinction  is  wr.de 
between  the  Jobbers  and  Diotributoro  Discounts  over 
1912  for  reasons  of  policy  arid  to  give  us  more  latitude 
in  handling  this  class  of  trade. 


Discounts  to  .Doalnru  in  the  Da stern  & 
Central  "Territories  distributing  points  have  not  boon 
changed . 

Discounts  for  the  no  if is  Coast  Terri¬ 
tory  arc  now  based  upon  water  rotes  of  froight  instead 
of  nil  roil  rates  as  formerly. 

Discounts  to  the  Kooky  fountain  terri¬ 
tory  huve  boon  increased  slightly  to  eompencute  for  the 
difference  in  freight  rates  which  recently  became  ef¬ 
fective. 


C'i’ir.u; discount.  . 

Discounts  for  Kaotem  and  Central 
Territories  remain  the  sane,  but  discounts  for  Pacific 


Coaut  anil  Kooky  fountain  territories  have 
keen  increasod  in  proportion  to  those  granted 
to  Dealers ,  for  the  tiaao  roanoiu; . 

Venae  of  delivery  for  all  claooifi- 
cationn  are  now  f.o.b.  Orange  in:; toad  of  i’.o.b. 
Orange  or  Chicngo,  wo  before. 

After  diccueeion,  the  Ooasaittoe  expressed  its  approval  of 
the  proposed  changes. 


Oliainsan . 


Copiec  to  all  cor.suittoa  isenbere  and  to 

Uoseru.  Bdinon,  Wilson ,  Ilurggren,  Scicort  4nvi-  hcq...irig  ■ 


SALES 

EDI SOU  PRIMARY  BATTERY. 


Uaroh  1.  1907  to  EoMruary  28,  1908 
h  h  1900  "  "  "  l009 

*  «  1909  "  w  "  1910 

«  I'  1910  "  1911 

«  1911  “  -  23.  I012 

n  •'  1912  "  "  13 1  1913 


$256,290.31 

324,332.73 

498,987.78 

572,963.71 

502,089.85 

702,628.09 


ORGAHIZATIOH  OF 
Primary  Battery  Department 
( Silver  lake  Plant ) 

oooOooo 

The  superintendent 


visor  of  Production. 

we  will  Be  the  immediate  superior  of  the  faster  rechanic^ of 
.n  fox,.,;  in  ci»re?  »f  »»»£“*21g  lw“  S 

the  superintendent,  the  -If^ician  xn  cl L“£e  clerk,  and  of  the 

Battery  charging  plants,  the  Time  ,.eeper  am  -iecu^ 

Tool  and  Supply  storekeeper. 

«m  issue  to  the  master  Mechanic  such  orders  and  instructions 

various^foremen^al^orders'and^nstruction^rela^ive^to^proc esses  or 
methods  of  procedure  in  manufacturing  and  handling  material. 

Vill  'nave  direct  charge  of  engagements  or  dismissals  of  all 

aara  ajiKtrs  ss 

to  approval  of  General  Kanager. 

Will  authorize  with  the  approval  of  °t  i  0^  or*6 S“ 

ident  and  General  manager  purchases  of  new  equipment  a 
radical  ohanges  to  plant. 

SM,  'STLSSS&Z' 

Will  authorize  the  issuance  of  requisitions  to  oe  approved  cy 

srtsss*  - «. 

Plant . 

Will  render  to  the  President  and  to  the  Vice  President  and 
General  manager  such  reports  as  may  he  requested  of  him. 

Is  a  member  of  the  primary  Battery  .vamfacturing  Coimnitteo. 


MASTER  MECHANIC 

■  is  directly  responsible  to  and  under  the 
the  Superintendent,  from  whom  authorisation  vo  start  and  carry 
any  of' the  work  referred  to  below  must  be  obtained* 


V/ill  be  in  charge  of  Machine  Shop. 


will  supervise  work  in  connection  with  maintenance  of  si‘d  repairs 


Y/iii  supervise  the  installation  < 


1  appliances. 


I7U1  be  chiei  m  charge  of  the  system  for  Panting “ 
fire,  and  oe  responsible  for  the  maintenance  and  efficiency  o- 
foroe  and  apparatus. 

V/ill  be  chief  in  charge  of  watchmen  and  property  protective  Bystem 

V/ill  make  to  the  Superintendent  sucn  report  relative  to  the  above 
mentionea  work  as  may  be  required 

W11  to  u,«  ST“ 

and  equipments  as  may  oe  requ-rca  iur 
under  his  jurisdiction, 

HASOfc  and  YARD  FORS^AH 

13  directly  responsible  to  and  under  the  immediate  supervision  of 
the  Superintendent  trom  whom  must  be  obtained  authorization  to  st.rt 
and  carry  on  any  of  the  work  referred  to  below, 

mil  have  direct  charge  of  general  mason  work  £££*“*  Plaflt 

and  the  maintenance  of  and  work  111  connecio  \  •  1  ding  repairs  and 

driveways  and  general  outside  work  excepting  building  repa  r 
operations  other  than  mason  wo vk 


e  to  the 


Will,  males  to  the  Superintendent  such  reports  relat: 
above  mentioned  work  as  may  be  required, 

POWER  and  LIGHT  PLANE, 

Superintendent^  anr^tiiorization 

to  carry  on  any  work  in  connection  with  electrical  insta-iati 

included  in  phis  is  the  Power  and  Battery 
light,  telephone  and  fire  alarm  systems  and  everything  pertaini  g 
above,. 

Will  make  to  the  Superintendent  such  reports  relative  to  this 
work  as  may  be  required. 


(2) 


KAMUF ACTUR I  US  DEPART  JtfOT  S . 
Copper  Ox  Id  a  Dept. 


A  ■  X  Foreman  of  t hi s  Department  ia  direotly  responsible  to  and 
under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  Superintendent  in  all  matters 
other  than  schedulsa  for  production  and  deliveries  in  connection  there¬ 
with.  In  these  last  mentioned  cases  the  Foreman  1b  responsible  to  and 
subject  to  the  instructions  of  the  Supervisor  of  Production. 

2,  Will  be  in  charge  of.,  and  responsible  for  the  manufacture  of 
copper  oxide  plates  from  raw  material  to  finished  product . 

3  Will  he  responsible  for  inspection,  acceptance  or  rejection  of 
both  raw  material  and  finished  product  of  his  Department  under  the  super¬ 
vision  of  Chief  Inspector  who  will  be  under  control  of  General  Manager, 

4.  Will  ■  Lsh  suoh  reports  or  special  information  as  may  be  re 
quired  by  the  Superintendent  or  Supervisor  of  Production,  within  their 
respective  jurisdiction. 

5  Will  refer  directly  to  the  Superintendent  all  matters  relating 
to  the  manufacture  of  product  of  this  department,  and  pertaining  to 
maintenance  and  efficiency  of  apparatus  and  applianeas  used  in  connection 
therewith. 


Zinc  Foundry . 

B  1.  Foreman  will  be  in  charge  of  and  responsible  for  the  casting  of 
zinc  plates  and  deliveries  thereof  under  the  same  conditions  air!  supjr 
vision  as  indicated  in  Section  A.  items  1.  3.  4  and  0. 

2c  Will  be  in  charge  of  the  manufacture  of  zinc  dusr  for  use  m 
burnishing. 


Punch  Press . 

0  L  Foreman  will  be  in  -barge  of  punch  presses-.,  punches  and  dies 
and  v/orli  therefrom  under  same  general  conditions  and  auper/ision  as  in¬ 
dicated  under  Section  A,  items  1  3,  4  and  5. 


Ploetro  Plating  and  Zinc  Plate  Finishing  Dept* 

D  1.  Foreman  will  be  in  charge  of  and  responsible  for  removing  burrs, 
straightening  and  counterboring  of  zinc  plates,  dipping  and  amalgamating, 
and  all  electro-plating,  under  the  same  general  conditions  and  supervi¬ 
sion  as  indicated  under  Section  A.  items  1;.  3.  4  and  5, 


Assembly  Department . 


blinn 


-  1.  Foremn  will  be  in  oharge  of  and 
5  of  all  parts  of  Primary  Batteries  anc 
general  conditions  and  supervision  as 
3  1  S  4  and  5 . 


responsible  for  the  assen- 
i  allied  material  under  tho 
indicated  under  Section  A: 


Soda  Grinding  and  Can  pilling  department . 

F  ■  1.  3 orbing  Foreman  of  this  Department .  under  the  supervision  o 
the  if  or  omen  of  the  Assembly  Department ,  will  be  in  charge  of  and  reap' 
sible  for  soda  grinding  and  filling  and  sealing  of  cans,  and  will  be 
governed  by  same  general  conditions  and  supervision  as  indicated  undo 
Section  A.  items  1  5  4  and  o. 


Can  making  Department . 


1  *  V/ orbing  Foreman  c-f  *h.is  Departi  -nu  will  ce  unuer  mx-  snp« 
vision  of  the  Foreman  of  the  Assembly  Department .  who  in  turn  will 
governed  by  the  same  general  conditions,  supervision  and  plan  mdi< 
under  Section  A,  items  1  3  4  and  5. 


Battery  Oil  Dept. 


1.  Will  be  under  the  direct  supervision  of  Foreman  of  tho 
ably  Department  who  will  bo  governed  by  tho  same  general  pone 
rvision  and  plans  as  indicated  under  Section  A,  items  1,  ‘  ' 


Supervisor  of  Production 


The  Supervisor  of  Production;  under  the  direct  supervision 
of  the  Sales  Kanager;  will  have  charge  of  all  Primary  Battery  and  allied 
material  production;  and  his  duties  will  be  to  arrange  production 
schedules,  showing  the  daily  or  weekly  rates  at  which  the  different 
material  shall  come  through  the  plant;  follow  up  the  work  on  thiB  mater- 
ial  to  see  that  the  schedule  is  being  lived  up  to,  and  if  net-  to  ascertain 
the  oause;  to  give  instructions  to  the  foremen,  so  far  as  may  be  required 
for  the  delivery  of  material  used  in  the  various  steps  of  manufacture;  and 
to  advise  each  department  as  to  their  requirements  from  the  other  depart 
ments  involved  with  their  own:  in'  order  that  the  sohedule  may  be  carried 
outp  Any  and  all  instructions  given  or  issued  by  him  in  connection  with 
hie  duties  as  outlined  above  must 6b e  followed;  but  should  there  be  any 
reason  why  such  instructions  cannot  be  followed,  the  matter  is  to  be 
taken  up  with  the  Superintendent. 

Will  be  immediate  superior  of  the  Shipping  Clerk  and  the 
Storekeeper. 

Will  transmit  or  issue  instructions  covering  orders  to  be 
shipped,  together  with  shipping  directions;  suoh  orders  and  directions  to 
be  those  issued  by  the  Sales  and  Traffic  Departments. 

Will  issue  requisitions  to  the  Purchasing  Department  for  all  raw 
materials  and  parts  used  in  manufacture  or  in  connection  with  outgoing 
shipments,,  and  for  all  machinery,  equipment  and  supplies  of  any  and  every 
sort  used  in  connection  with  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  the 
Silver  lake  Plant,  such  requisitions  to  bear  the  countersignature  of  the 
Superintendent ,  and  in  the  case  of  machinery;  equipment  and  supplies 
therefor  to  be  authorized  by  the  latter. 

Will  issue  to  the  Purchasing  Department  such  Receiving  Sheets. 
Tallies  and  Inspectors'  reports  as  may  be  required. 

Will  issue  to  the  Purchasing  Department  weekly  reports  covering 
scrap  material  on  hand  and  requests  for  directions  as  to  disposition. 

Will  keep  daily  records  covering  class  and  amounts  of  material 
used  in  the  different  manufacturing  processes  and  operations.,  together 
with  daily  balances  on  hand,  and  will  issue  weekly  perpetual  inventories 
covering  both  raw  and  finished  material. 

Will  have  charge  of  making  out  hills  of  lading,  express  receipts 
eto,,  for  all  shipments,  in  accordance  with  instructions  issued  by  Traffic 
Department , 


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Will  issue  instructions  for  oarting  of  raw  and  finished 
materials  to  and  from  the  Plant; 

Will  render  such  reports  in  connection  with  shipments,  etc. 
as  may  he  required  hy  the  Sales  Department . 

Will  issue  re que at s  for  new  shop  orders  covering  approved 
changes  or  additions  to  factory  equipment.,  machinery,  tools,  manufactur 
ing  appliances,  etc.  such  requests  to  he  authorized  hy  and  to  hear  the 
e ount er signature  of  the  Superintendent. 

Will  have  charge  of  all  returned  material.,  including  receiving 
preparation  for  disposition  rendering  reports  for  credit,  etc. 

Will  have  direct  oharge  of  engagement  arranging  of  wages  and 
dismissal  of  all  employees  in  departments  under  his  supervision  subject 
to  approval  of  General  Manager. 

Is  a  member  of  the  Manufacturing  Committee  of  the  Primary 
Battery  Department 


Chief  Inspector 

The  Chief  Inspector,  under  the  direct  supervision  of  the 
General  Manager ;  will  have  general  charge  of  all  inspection  and  ac¬ 
ceptance  or  rejection  of  material  UBed  for  manufacture,  packing  and 
shipping,  and  of  all  finished  product. 


Plant  Storekeeper  ana  Chief  Clerk. 


Will  he  assistant  to  and  trader  the  direct  supervision 
of  the  Supervisor  of  Production. 


Will  he  receiving  clerk  for  incoming  material. 


Shipping  Department . 


The  Foreman  of  this  Department  (Shipping  Clerk)  is  directly 

sealing  of  cars  and  such  work  as  pertains  to  preparation  for  shipment 
cf  all  outgoing  material. 


Will  instruct  the  Box  making  Department  as  to  ooxes  required. 

Will  furnish  such  reports  or  other  information  as  may  oe  re¬ 
quired  hy  the  supervisor  of  Production. 


Box  leaking. 


Working  foreman  of  this  Department  will  be  under  the  super¬ 
vision  of  the  Superintendent. 

Will  furnish  such  reports  or  other  information  regardn 
her  or  other  materials  used  and  boxes  made  t 
visor  of  Production. 


3  may  be  required  by  Super- 


KAUUFACTURIKS  COMMIT!  BK 

Of 

Primary  Battery  Dept . 

Phis  Committee  shall  be  composed  of  the  SaleB  Manager , 
the  Superintendent,  Supervisor  of  Production  and  the  Engineer  in 
oharge  of  battery  testing  and  experimental  work. 

The  duties  of  the  conmitteo  shall  be  to  consider  all 
proposed  changes  affecting  line  of  goodB  manufactured,  processes 
of  manufacture,  materials  used  in  manufacture  or  supplied  with 
elements,  and  to  discuss  complaints  regarding  action  of  batteries 
in  use  the  results  of  tests  and  experiments,  both  on  finished 
product  or  methods  of  manufacture,  questions  relating  to  changes 
in  plant  to  meet  necessary  changes  in  production,  and  all  other 
topics  relating  to  manufacture,  production,  packing,  shipping 
and  general  handling  of  material. 

Meetings  may  be  held  monthly  or  as  often  as  may  bo  deemed 

necessary. 

Foremen  of  various  manufacturing  departments  may  be  in^ 
vited  to  attend  meetings,  where  information  regarding  their  work 
may  be  required. 

Minutes  of  the  'meetings  shall  be  kept  and  copies  forward¬ 
ed  to  the  President  and  the  Vice  President,  and  Gefteral  Manager  of 
Thomas  A.  Sdison,  Ino,,  and  to  each  member  of  the  Committee. 


PKKUOKNEL. 

Superintendent: 

Uv„  A:  L„  Ssltaman 

Assistant  to  the  Sunerintendent 
Kr-  IV.  Irish 


Master  Mechanic  - 

Mr,  5.  Cotton 


Mason  &  Yard  foreman’ 

Mr  R,  Dempsey, 

f  eotr.toa.1  Installation  and  Power  Plant; 
Mr,  Hays, 

Box  Making  &  Plant  Carpenter; 

Mr-  McCarthy i 

Timekeeper  and  Report  Clerk; 

Mr,  F,  Van  Duyr.e 


KAKUFACTURIMG  DEPARTMENTS. 


tr.ide; 

Mr,  J  C  Van  Duyne,  Foreman, 

Zinc  Foundry; 

Mr  P-  Zac-rne.  Foreman. 


punch  Press: 


Plating. 

A^algaraa^ng 
Zinc  Finis’  fng-- 

Mr.  O’Brien  Foremon- 


Assembly. 

Soda  Grinding 
soda  Packing, 

Can  Making, 

Battery  OiJ 

Mr  A  Kloeble,  Foreman 


Supervisor  of  Production, 
General  Storekeeper 
Chief  Inspector: 


kf>  i).  sines 

Storekeeper 

Assistant  to  Supervisor  of  production : 

Mr.  3.  iiuellor 

Shipping  Department : 

Kr-  llorris 


Manufacturing  Committee: 

Messrs  Hudson.  Saltzman 
Elmes  and  Li:  Gal  1 


C  Hr  V/ II SOU 

Tice  President  &  General  Luna.or 


Issued  at  Orange  U.  J, 

April  1st  1915. 

Copies  to  Messrs  Edison.  V/ilson,  Ljaxwell,  Hudson,  Saltzman.  Elmes, 

Loughren,  Hunt,  Canfield,  Lis  Sail ;  learning ^  Cheshire 
Berggren,  V/.i. Eckert  Harvey  Sreen,  J.T. Rogers- 
F„S. Brown,  Redfearn,  J.Uorris,  Mueller . 


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TH0MA8  A.  EDI80N,  Incorporated 


Minutes  of  a  Special  Meeting 
of  the 

Primary  Battery  Committee 
Held  April  4,  1913 
In  the  Executive  Committee  Hoorn 


Present:  Baser a.  StevenB,  Hudson  and  Maxwell .  Absent:  Mr.  Mc- 
Chesney: 


Mr.  Hudson,  called  attention  to  the  fact 
that  three  railways,  viz:  Philadelphia  &  Heading,  Hew  Jereey 
Central  and  the  Lehigh  Valley  are  now  making  their  own  battery  re¬ 
newals  under  the  supervision  of  Job,  a  Montreal  chemist.  Hereto¬ 
fore  this  man  has  confined  his  activities  to  railroads  that  have 
been  using  the  Gordon  Hefillable  Perforated  Container  for  the 
copper  oxide,  but  Mr.  Hudson  has  juBt  learned  that  Job  is  now 
trying  to  interest  the  Hew  York  Central  Lines  which  uBe  our  mater¬ 
ial  exclusively. 


To  protect  ourselves  against  this  develop¬ 
ment,  Kr.  Hudson  considers  it  necessary  that  we  have  an  opportunity 
to  conduct  a  fair  test  for  the  purpose  of  showing  that  it  is  r, ore 
economical  for  a  railroad  to  buy  its  battery  renewals  from  uo  than 
to  manufacture  them.  Information  which  v/e  obtain  from  signal 
engineers  connected  with  the  lines  now  making  their  own  battery 
renewals  cannot  be  used  on  account  of  its  confidential  character. 

As  Mr.  George  F.  Baer  is  president  of  both 
the  Philadelphia  &  Reading  and  the  Hew  Jersey  Central,  Hr .  Hudson 
thought  that  a  note  from  Kr.  Edison  to  Kr.  Baer  would  gain  for  us 
the  opportunity  to  make  the  desired  tests  under  conditions  which 
would  permit  us  to  give  publicity  to  the  results,  and  might  enable 
us  to  get  these  roads  to  abandon  the  manufacture  of  renewals  and 
return  to  their  previous  practice  of  purchasing  battery  renewals 
from  us.  In  order  to  accomplish  the  latter  result  Kr.  Hudson 
thought  it  might  be  advisable  if  necessary  to  make  some  proposition 
to  these  two  roads  to  give  them  a  year's  service  at  a  certain  price 
per  unit,  provided  that  the  tests  demonstrate,  as  Mr.  Hudson  thinks 
they  will,  that  we  can  furnish  our  renewals  more  economically  than 
railroads  can  manufacture  them. 

After  discussion  it  was  decided  that  it  would 
be  an  excellent  thing  if  Kr.  Edison  would  write  a  brief  informal 
note  to  Mr.  Baer,  perhaps  along  the  following  lines: 

"1  understand  that  you  are  manufac¬ 
turing  your  own  battery  renewals  for  signal  operation 
on  the  Philadelphia  &  Reading.  Does  this  pay?  I  would 
like  to  have  our  man  Hudson  moke  some  comparative  teste. 
Will  you  lot  me  kno w  about  this?" 

Wm .  Maxwell 

AH  Chairman. 

Copies  to  all  committee  members  and  to 

Messrs.  Edison,  Wilson,  Berggren,  Eckert  and  Leeming. 


TH0MA8  A.  EDISON, 


Incorporated 


Minutes  of  the  2nd  Regular  Meeting 
of  the 

Primary  Battery  Committee 
Held  April  11.  1913 
at  2:00  P.  M. 

In  the  Executive  Committee  Room. 


Present:  Messrs.  Hudson,  KcChosney,  Stevens  and  Maxwell. 


Mr.  Hudson  stated  with  reference  to  operating 
under  Mr.  Edison's  patent  #858862  covering  the  use  of  silicate  of 
potash  as  an  addition  to  the  electrolyte  that  some  experiments  will 
be  made  as  noon  as  we  produce  or  obtain  come  noluble  silicate  of 
potash.  These  experiments  will  be  with  a  view 

best  combination  for  commercial  work  -  and  the  c-ont.  If  we  dee.  e 
to  operate  under  this  patent  it  will  materially  strengthen  our 
position  as  concerns  the  proposed  price  maintenance  plan ,  although 
this  is  a  minor  consideration  compared  with  the  improvement  which 
is  expected  to  be  derived  from  the  use^of  potassium  silicate.  Mean- 
whil 


pec  ted  to  be  derivea  irom  me  u»e 
the  price  agreement  is  being  withhold. 


Ur.  KcChesney  submitted  the  following  list  of 
publications  and  expenditures  in  Primary  Battery  advertising  during 
the  fiscal  year  ju3t  closed. 


PRIMARY  BATTERY  ADVERTISING 
Cost 

Gas  Engine  Field:-  per  year 


Gas  Engine,  1  Page - 

Gas  Power,  1  Page . 

Gao  Review ,  1  Page .... 
Gas  Energy,  1  Page.... 
Ignition,  Cpr.  &  Lub., 


l/2  Page. 


198.00 
330.00 
549.00 
346.56 
321 .76 


1,745.32 


Railway  Pleld:- 

Official  Ry.  hist,  1  Page . . 

Pocket  List,  1/2  Page . 

.  Signal  Engineer,  1  Page . 

Railway  Age  Gazette,  1  Page . . 

Signal  Dictionary,  1  Page . 

Proceedings  Signal  Assn.,  1  Page. 
Railway  &  Marine  World,  1/3  Page, 

Signal  Engine  ProofB  (1150) . 

Buyer's  Index,  1/2  Page . 


89.88 
191.28 
660  .00 
660.00 
175.00 
27.50 
264.00 
33.00 
150 .00 

2,250.66 


Motor  Boat  Pleld:- 

Motor  Boat,  l/2  Page. . 

Motor  Boating,  1/2  Page . 

Pacific  Pi sherman,  2/3  Page. 
Power  Boating,  l/2  Page..... 


771.00 

534.60 

316.80 

454.44 


Telephone  yield :- 


2,076.84 


EDISON,  Incorporated 


Telephony,  1  Page . . 

Telegraph  &  Telephone  Age,  1  Page. .  66/.20 

Telegraph  &  Tel,  Age  Proof e,  (350) . 

Telephone  Directory,  1/2  Page . . 


Misc  ellaneoue: 

Howland  Put).  Co.,  5,000  cards  12  n 


i  thii 


Total . 47,821.02 

on  and  KcChesney  stated  that  they  thought  it  better  to 
matter  in  Committee  rather  than  between  themselves.. 


Decided  after  discussion  in  view  of  the  fact  that  our 
sales  in  the  gas  engine  field  are  rapidly  diminishing  for  reasons 
beyond  our  control,  it  is  advisable  to  discontinue  advertising  in 
the  gas  engine  oublications .  They  are  therefore  eliminated  from 
the  list. 

As  it  is  desired  to  intensify  our  efforts  iri  the  railway 
field,  it  was  decided  to  add  Railway  &  Engineering  Review;  Railway 
Engineer  &  Maintenance  of  v/ay,  and  the  Year  Rook  of  the  Rational 
Railway  Appliance  Association;  also  to  increase  our  space  in  the 
Canadian  publication.  Railway  &  Karine  World,  to  one  page  from  the 
present  apace  of  l/3  pase* 

It  was  decided  to  make  no  change  in  the  motor  boat 
publications  and  space. 

Decided  to  add  The  Telephone  Engineer  to  the  telephone, 
publications  which  we  are  now  using. 

Mr.  UcChesney  rill  make  up  a  new  list  inching  the  new 
publications  added  to  the  list  and  deducting  those  eliminated,  and 
show  what  the  proposed  yearly  expenditure  will  be.  £t  the  oame 
time  he  will  submit  figures  on  past  expenditures  m  circularising 
and  printed  matter. 

Decided  after  discussion  that  in  cases  where  these  papers 
do  not  allow  a  commission  to  advertising  agencies,  we  will  place 
the  advertising  direct. 

Mr.  Maxwell  brought  up  the  question  of  foreign  discounts. 
Mr.  Stevens  stated  that  he  would  like  to  have  a  maximum  export  dis¬ 
count  established,  and  suggested  40%,  such  discount  to  *5  s 

est  that  we  will  quote,  except  to  our  distributors,  th^s  40J£ 
discount  alsoto  be  tte  largest  that  domestic  distributors  shall  be 
permitted  to  quote  iri  foreign  business.  He  further  desired  tht 

Kffi  22  fZ  £  -• 


TH0MA8 


A.  EDISON,  Incorporated 


come  bticjc  ial  concession  miGht  be  allowed  after  they  had  talcon  the 
matter  up  with  Mr.  Dtevono.  Decided  on  a  foreign  diccount  of  4V 
o.h!  steamer,  Dev;  York,  except  to  distributors  who  will  receive 
"  n  b  ntearncr  Hew  York*  Hr.  Hud  oort  and  Vr.  ».»teveno  7/1-.I  work 
O.h.  steamer  ho-  J°"’rlo^flcati0n  t0  dome  otic  distributors 


50  f.c 


t'uie  matter  out.  official  notification  to  ciomesvio  “ 

to  bo  given  when  tho  proponed  price  ogrocment  goon  in«.o  effect. 


Hr.  Hudson  stated  that  tho  nececsary  extra  part 
has  been  ordered  to  complete  the  9"  fan  motors  to  bo  manufnetured 
from  tho  accumulation  of  parts  on  hand.  _  Hr.  Hud  non  statod  that  .--a 
Land ev  is  working  on  the  development  oi  a  new  fan  motor  to  oc 
constructed  chiefly  from  part a  used  in  the  Dictating  machine  moto: 
The  outer  case  and  steel  castings  will  have  -o  bo  made  expressly 
for  this  motor  and  a  pattern  is  being  made.  A  model  will  bo  sub¬ 
mitted  to  Mr.  Redfoam  for  coot  figures ,  m 


i  possible. 


•  Vim  .  Maxwell 

Chnir-.~an . 


AH. 


Copies  to  nil  c< 
Messrs .  HU i won , 


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7 'il son ,  Berggren,  Hckcrt  C-nd  Looming. 


My  dear  Mr.  Baer: 

I  understand  the  Heading  Bail"'.’ ay  is 
manufacturing  its  own  primary  battery  renewals  for 
signals.  I  would  like  very  much  to  procure  a  dozen 
of  these  renewals  for  test  at  my  laboratory  to  settle 
certain  statements  that  have  been  made  to  me  which  I 


do  not  believe. 


YourB  very  truly. 


Mr.  Geo.  F.  Baer, 

Pros.,  Philadelphia  &  Reeding  By*. 
Philadelphia,  -’o. 


Minutes  of  the  Seoond  Meeting  of  the 
Primary  Battery  Manufacturing  Commit¬ 
tee,  held  in  Primary  Battery  SaleB 
Department  Office,  Thursday,  April  17th, 
10:00  A.M. 

MO Gall 


Since  the  last  meeting,  held  on  March  11th,  at  which  was 
disoussed  the  question  of  using  various  patents  as  a  Basis  for  patent 
license  agreement  for  the  establishment  of  resale  prices,  Mr,  Edison 
has  called  attention  to  United  States  Patent  #858662,  issued  to  him 
under  date  of  July  2nd,  1907,  covering  the  use  of  soluble  potassium 
silicate  in  a  solution  of  caustio  potash,  as  a  means  of  accomplishing 
the  desired  result.  In  accordance  with  his  instructions,  experiments 
are  now  being  made  with  a  view  of  applying  the  invention  oovered  by 
thiB  patent  to  our  produot . 

Mr.  Saltzman  states,  with  regard  to  the  suggested  changes  in 
copper  oxide  plates  and  indicator  for  zinc  plates,  as  referred  to  in 
minutes  of  Meeting  of  March  11th,  and  subsequently  approved  by  the 
Engineering  Department,  that  it  has  been  Impossible  to  do  anything 
with  these  ohanges  so  far  because  it  has  been  necessary  to  keep  the 
tools  constantly  in  operation  to  keep  the  output  of  copper  oxide  and 
zinc  plates  up  to  requirements.  Arrangements  have  now  been  made, 
however,  to  have  a  sample  test  zinc  mould  changed  within  the  next  few 
days  so  as  to  provide  for  the  indicator,  but  it  is  still  impossible 
to  say  when  thechange  can  be  made  in  the  copper  oxide  plate  dies  be¬ 
cause  conditions  are  suo-h  that  these  tools  cannot  be  taken  out  of 
service  at  the  present  time. 

Suggestions  to  alter  slightly  the  construction  of  the  invert¬ 
ed  U-shaped  BSCO  type  frame,  for  the  purpose  of  raising  the  copper 
oxide  and  zinc  plate  slightly  higher  in  the  electrolyte,  by  increas¬ 
ing  the  length  of  slots  in  sides  of  frame  and  cutting  off  a  portion 
of  the  ends.  Deoided  after  discussion  that  Mr,  Saltzman  will  make 
some  sample  frames,  and  determine  if  this  change  can  be  made  without 
interfering  with  practicability  of  ass enh ling,  and  if  so,  to  put  it 
into  effeot,  subject,  of  course,  to  approval  of  the  Engineering  Dept. 

Mr.  Saltzman  suggests  the  installation  of  two  drill  presses, 
to  be  used  for  oounter-boring  the  waBher  seat  in  ED I SOB -BSCO  Type 
zinos,  instead  of  the  present  side  lathe  drill,  which  is  not  only 
unsatisfactory  so  far  as  the  product  is  oonoerned,  but  requires  con¬ 
siderable  more  time  for  the  operation  than  a  drill  preBB.  Two  drill 
presses  will  be  required  for  this  purpose,  the  estimated  cost  being 
approximately  #100.00.  The  lathe  used  at  the  present  time  for  thiB 
purpose  is  in  bad  order  and  needs  repair,  and  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
this  maohine  does  not  do  the  work  aoeurately,  it  is  considered  best  to 
put  in  new  drill  presses  as  suggested,  subjeot  to  the  approval  of 
Mr.  Wilson. 


-1- 


-2- 


Suggested  to  add  another  column  to  Sheet  A,  Finished 
Material  Report  (Weekly  inventory)  to  cover  material  in  a 
partially  finished  state,  heoause  of  the  advisability  of  keep¬ 
ing  copper  oxide  and  zinc  plates  in  Btook  without  performing 
the  last  operation  of  burnishing  in  the  case  of  oopper  oxide 
plates,  and  amalgamating  in  the  oase  of  zincs  until  very  shortly 
before  required  for  shipment.  After  discussion  it  was. decided 
to  make  this  change. 

The  question  of  preparation  for  moving  to  Silver  lake 
was  brought  up,  but  it  was  decided  to  defer  this  until  sometime 
next  week,  after  the  installation  of  power  switchboard  has  been 
completed  and  it  is  determined  that  it  is  in  proper  working  order, 
so  that  the  power  oan  be  turned  on  at  the  plant.  The  entire 
plant  is  now  praotioally  completed,  and  preparations  for  moving 
can  be  made  as  soon  as  it  is  definitely  determined  that  the  power 
plant  is  in  proper  working  order. 

Meeting  adjourned  on  the  understanding  that  special 
meeting  will  be  called  shortly  for  the  purpose  of  going  into  the 
subject  of  moving  to  Silver  Lake. 


eopies  to  Messrs  Edison,  Wilson,  Salteman,  Elmes,  MaGall  &  Hudson. 


/  Minute e  of  the  3rd  Hegular  Meeting 
'  of  the 

Piraary  Battery  Committee 
Held  May  9,  1913 
at. 2:00  P.K. 

In  the  Executive  Committee  Room. 

Present:  Messrs.  Stevens,  Hudson  and  Maxwell.  Absent:  Mr.  Mc- 
Chesney. 

Mr.  Hudson  submitted,  at  the  request  of 
Mr.  HoChesney,  a  letter  from  the  publishers  of  Ignition ,  Carbur- 
ation  &  Lubrication,  wherein  the  latter  ask  us  to  reconsider  our 
cancellation  of  our  advertising  contract  with them  which  runs 
until  next  September.  Mr.  Hudson  expressed  the  opinion  that  we 
ought  as  a  matter  of  good  faith  to  carry  out  this  contract.  Mr. 
Maxwell  thought  it  improbable  that  the  contract  is  one  under 
which  we  could  not  with  propriety  discontinue  our  advertising. 

Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  this  magazine  is  a  little  out  of  the 
stationary  engine  line  and  to  a  considerable  extent  covers  a 
field  we  wish  to  reach.  Therefore  he  was  of  the  opinion  that  it 
would  be  all  right  to  complete  the  contract.  It  was  therefore 
dwided  to  continue  Ignition,  Carburation  fc  Lubrication  until  the 
'  expiration  of  the  so-called  contract. 

Ur.  Hudson  called  attention  to  letter  from 
Western  Electric  Company  wherein  they  propone  hereof tortocharge 
manufacturers  the  sum  of  $12  per  catalog  page  fo*  1*n**nf 
and  keening  all  information,  prices,  discounts,  lisu  of  dealers, 
etc.  upPto6date.  Ur.  Hudson  explained  the  situationa^aome 
length  and  after  discussion  it  was  the  opinion  of  the ‘Committee 
that  it  is  proper  to  consent  to  this  charge.  Ur.  Maxwell  asked 
how  many  pages  we  shall  require  and  Ur.  Hudson  said  that  we  can 
get  along  with  about  ten  or  twelve  pages.  p»e  charge  ie  not  to 
be  a  yearly  charge  as  the  type  is  to  be  kept  Btandingandthere 
will  be  no  subsequent  charge.  Mr.  Hudson  explained  that  our 
payment  of  this  sum  to  V7estern  Electric  Company  does  not  con¬ 
stitute  a  precedent  because  their  catalog  is  gotten  out^in an 
f»ntirelv  different  way  from  the  practice  of  other  electrical  joh 
ber^-^the  latter  using  loose  leaf  binders  for  which  the  manu¬ 
facturers  supply  loose  leaf  sheets  dBBeriptive  of  tho  manufac¬ 
turers'  material. 

With  reference  to  the  infringement  claimed 
by  the  Thwrgarson  Company  of  Chicago,  on  account  of  the  Bpark 
coil  we  are  manufacturing,  Mr .  Hudson  statedthathethought 
very  posBible  that  the  Thorgarson  people  could  make  is- spark 

fOT  ua  a*  a  orice  that  would  Justify  our  buying  it  from  them 
in  preference  to  manufacturing  it  ourselves  -  this  particularly  as 


the  demand  for  the  0^“r^tc°^iCh0We°hnveion  it  MemrratherVgh. 

r^!Ss5S’ 

Atmooiation.  He  rpad  a  list  01  tn  which  includeB 

that  inasmuch  ao  the  ^“^^^^^ht  it  might  he  advisable  for 
dues  to  January  1st.  19X4.  ne,;n°£fn_0  decided. 
ub  to  join  the  aeeociation.  ^  It  was  bo  « 

which  Kr*  .SSSSH 

figures. 

Mr.  Hudaon  elated  that  the  experiments  on 
track  circuit  v,ork  indicate  that  ne  shall  ho  ^^erial  „ut  al80 

riitssi:  s  ~  ss*2ls  S'. *- 

ter  are  very  favorable. 

Sim.  Maxwell 

Chairman. 


AH. 

c„«.  t.  her..  hdl.cn,  Wilson*  ■>..«,.«*  hch.nl. nnd  L.emlna. 


•/ 


V’- 


Minutes  of  the  4th  Meeting 

of  the  f 

Primary  Battery  Committee  l 

Held  Jane  17,  1913 
at  3:00  P.M. 

In  the  Executive  Committee  Hoorn. 


Present:  Messrs.  Hudson,  UcChesney,  Maxwell.  Absent:  Mr.  Stevens 


Mr.  Hudson  submitted  sample  fan  motor  which, 
with  the  exception  of  one  casting  and  also  a  part  formerly  used 
in  our  9"  motor,  can  be  constructed  from  partB  now  used  in 
dictating  machine' and  shaving  machine  motors.  Mr.  Bedfearn  has 
examined  this  motor  but  has  not  yet  had  an  opportunity  to  submit 
oost  figure*.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  this  new  motor  is  slightly 
less  efficient  than  our  old  9"  motor  because  it  does  not  have 
ball  bearings.  The  ball  bearings  are  omitted  on  account  of  the 
cost  -  it  being  desired  to  put  this  motor  on  the  .market  at  as 
low  a  price  aB  possible.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  tests  have  been 
run  with  this  model  and  that  they  were  satisfactory.  Mr.  Maxwell 
suggested  that  the  motor  be  submitted  to  the  Laboratory.  Mr. 

Hudson  Btated  that  he  will  do  so. 

Mr.  Maxwell  requested  Mr.  Hudson,  as  soon 
ap  he  has  the  necessary  data  from  Mr.  Hedfeara,  so  that  the  selling 
price  can  be  fixed  on  this  motor,  to  take  the  matter  up  with  Mr. 
Stevens  with  a  view  to  learning  what  the  latter's  probable  re¬ 
quirements  will  be. 


Mr.  Hudson  submitted  sample  of  the  special 
jars  for  train  despatching  work;  also  wooden  tray  which. the 
Storage  Battery, Company  is  using,  and  a  sample  of  a  metal  tray 
which  v*  have  made  in  the  shop.  The  latter  iB  considerably  more 
attractive  in  appearance,  and  according  to  Hr.  Redfearn’B  figures 
can-be  manufactured  at  materially  less  than  the  price  quoted  by  the 
Storage  Battery  Company  on  their  tray.  The  coBt  indicated  on  thiB 
metal  tray  is  about  $.85.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  it  is  his  desire 
to  sell  this  tray  at  a  small  margin  of  profit  because  he  wants  to 
use  it  as  an  aid  to  the  sale  of  batteries.  He  stated  that  this 
outfit;  was  shown  at  the  St.  Louis  Association  of  Railway  Telegraph 
Superintendents  and  made  a  very  favorable  impression.  The  Western 
Electric  Company  has  signified'  its  willingness  to  exploit  our 
battery  provided  we  will  allow  them  a  margin  of  profit  sufficient 
to  juetify  them  in  doing  so  -  that  is  to  say,  advocating  it  in  — 
preference  to  dry  cells.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  it  would  be  a 
good  idea  to  make  a  prioe  which  would  allow  Western  Electric  Co. 
a  profit  of  $ . lo  per  cell  in  addition  to  their  present  rebate  of 
6£.  He  said  it  would  also  be  necessary  to  arrange  to  give  them  a 
profit  on  renewals  for  thiB  particular  cell  placed  by  the  railway 
companies  direct.  Mr.  Maxwell  inquired  how  soon  Ur.  Hudson  would 
have  figures  on  which  to  predicate  this  speoial  proposition  to 
Western  Electric  Co.  Ur.  Hudson  stated  that  he  is  at  present  try¬ 
ing  to  effect  some  further  economy  in  the  manufacture  of  the  out¬ 
fit.  The  prioe  indicated  for  the  four  cells  complete  with  the 


tray  in  $7.  He  hopee  to  be  able  to  figure  out  a  somewhat  lower 
price  than  thie .  Deolded  by  Committee  to  recommend  the  UBe  of 
the  metal  tray. 


Mr.  HudBon  reported  that  the  Thorgarson  people, 
who  claim  that  our  spark  coil  infringes  theirs,  have  expressed 
their  willingness  to  manufacture  a  spark  coil  for  us  at  $1.10. 
with  ten  cents  extra  per  coil  if  they  make  the  outer  casting,  in 
the  same  shape  as  our  present  coil.  Mr.  Hedfearn’s  cost  figure 
on  our  present  coil  is  $1.40.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  he  thought 
it  would  bo  advisable  for  us  to  buy  our  spark  coils  from  tt»e 
Thorgarson  people  and  discontinue  the  manufacture  of  spark  coils 
ourselves,  provided  the  Thorgarson  people  will  drop  their  claim 
of  infringement.  He  expects  to  hear  from  the  Thorgarson  Company 
in  the  near  future.  Committee  concurred  -  it  being  understood 
that  negotiations  are  to  be  conducted  under  supervision  of  the 
legal  Department. 

Mr.  Maxwell  inquired  about  the  tests  being  made 
of  the  Philadelphia  &  Reading  renewal  material.  Hr.,  Hudson  oub- 
mitted  test  sheets,  showing  that  at  a  high  rate  off  discharge 
renewals  make  a  very  much  more  favorable  showing.  He  stated  that 
at  a  low  rate  of  discharge  the  difference  will  not  be  so  great. 

The  teste  will  be  completed  in  about  a  month.  Mr.  Hudson  will 
then  take  the  matter  up  with  Mr.  Phillips  of  the  Philadelphia  & 
Reading. 

Mr.  Hudson  called  attention -to  inquiry  from 
General  Railway  Signal  Co..  Ltd.,  Canada,  as  to  what  kind  of 
proposition  we  would  mako  them  to  become  our  exclusive  represent¬ 
atives  in  Canada  on  railway  signal  work.  They  also  propose  that 
we  send  the  component  parts  disassembled ,  to  be  assembled  in 
Canada  and  thus  reduce  the  custom  charges.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that 
he  was  not  in  favor  of  shipping  the  batteries  out  in  this  way ,  and 
of  course  was  not  inclined  to  make  this  ooncern  an  exclusive 
agency.  He  proposed  to  quote  thorn  the  same  price  that  we  make  to 
American  railway  signal  companies.  In  this  the  Committee  con¬ 
curred.  Ur.  Hudson  remarked  that  it  would  ultimately  he  necessary 
for  us  to  considerably  reduce  the  price  of  our  complete  oell  so 
as  to  make  a  greater  difference  between  the  price  of  the  complete 
cell  and  the  price  of  the  component  partB. 

Mr.  Hudson  brought  up  the  matter  of  the  Howland 
Monthly  cards  and  advocated  that  we  discontinue  their  ubo.  Mr. 
UcCheBney  inquired  whether  there  is  any  other  way  in  whioh  we  can 
interest  dealers.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  he  can  see  no  way  to  do 
so  except  to  create  a  demand,  for  example,  in  the  telephone  or 
fire  alarm  trade,  whioh  would  create  a  more  or  lees  constant 
business  for  electric  supply  dealers.  There  followed  a  discussion 
of  various  lines  of  development  in  this  direction.  Decided  after 
discussion  to  discontinue  the  Howland  cards  at  the  expiration  of 
our  oontrac t  -  which  will  be  the  next  issue.  Ur.  McChesney  will 
act  accordingly.. 


Mr.  Maxwell  inquired  about  the  experiments 
under  Mr.  Edison' u  patent  #858862  covering  the  ubo  of  silicate  of 
potash.  Ur.  Hudson  stated  that  he  han  obtained  some  soluble 
eilioate  of  potaoh  but  the  experiment#  have  been  hold  up  pending 
the  receipt  of  some  special  Jars  which  are  desired  for  that  pur¬ 
pose.  ' 

Yta.  Maxwell 


Chairman. 


I  ,  C^y  6th  Heating  of  tho 

UJJ  Primary  Battery  Corami tteo 
Hold  August  20th  ,  1913  . 
w-  At  2:00  P.  U.  . 

yMJ  In  tho  Exeoiitivo  Comiaittoo  Boom. 

Present:  Honor  a.  Hudson,  McChosney  Itov7oll,  ^sont:  Mr.  bteveno. 

Mr.  Miller  was  also  present  part  of  the  time. 

Mr.  Hudson  stated  with  reference  to  the  proposed 

;.r 

in  tho  oiroumotnnooB  that  the  TS  v;as  deoidod  after 

•ggffiJS  So  ;^«»»»  »*»«>  «»**  ” 

con  mufco  up  14*0”  motors  from  parts  now  on  l»nd. 

Mr.  Miller  stated  that  the  foreign  Department  wouia 

^dorf^it  r oc e ivo s^ °par  t i<Siarly  *whor  e  thT**!  help  other. linos 
of  gooda.  It  wao  so  decided. 

Mr.  Hudson  brought  up  tho  mutter  of  “^e^?^|tors. 

KM  Investigation  which^he^has^made^disoloses^that  thero^ 

S5T8S  SjSa'S^tirjlw  uo  5wXtl“a!'l°M  JSSS’do 

benefit  of  the  spaoo  rate.  Ah° J0*?®®  nnrweob  in  the  Slootrical 

covering  both  companies’  advertising. 


to.  Hudson  stated  that  the  toots  of  the  battery 
material  used  on  the  Reading  and  Hew  Jersey  Central  have  boon 
practically  completed  but  in  the  absence  of  the  man  in  charge  of 
the  test  he  could  not  report  at  thiB  time.  Ho  stated  in  a  general 
way  that  the  tests  wore  a  little  but  disappointing  aB  they  showed 
that  tho  material  being  used  by  the  Heading  makes  a  very  satis¬ 
factory  showing  on  the  kind  of  work  they  tiro  using  it  for  on  that 
particular  railroad.  It  happens,  however,  whore  tho  work  is  heavier 
tho  results  shown  by  their  material  is  not  so  good.  to.  Hudson  is 
inclined  to  think  that  as  for  as  the  Bonding  is  concerned  it  may  bo 
nocessaiy  to  prbpoaehto  make  a  special  matorial,  particularly  suited 
to  thoir  nears.  When  tho  reports  are  completed  to.  Hudson  plans  to 
visit  Philadelphia  and  take  tho  matter  up  with  tho  Heading  Officials. 

SJm.  Maxwell. 


Copies  to  VL1  Committee  Members  and  to  Messrs. 
Edison,  Wilson,  Borggren,  Eckert  and  Looming  .. 


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Minutes  of  Meeting  of 


Primary  Battery  Manufacturing  Committee 
held  Saturday,  October  10th,  1915. 


PRESKKT:  Messrs.  Seltzman,  Klmes ,  MoGall  and  Hudson. 


i’inal  model  of  sheet  metal  tray  designed  for  use 
with  the  nev;  Type  202  cell  (small  rectangular  glass  jar) 
for  telephone  train  despatching  and  similar  work,  was  sub¬ 
mitted,  and  after  careful  consideration,  it  was  decided  to 
adopt  the  tray  as  submitted  as  standard,  and  to  put  it  out 
in  four  sizes,  viz:  for  three,  four,  five  and  six  cells. 
Mr.  MoGall  will  prepare  the  usual  form  for  submission  to 
Engineering  Department  for  approval,  and  Mr.  Seltsman  will 
have  standard  drawings  made  for  record. 


In  accordance  with  previous  instructions,  ur.  McGall 
submitted  a  report  of  tests  made  to  determine  the  practica- 
bility  of  using  the  standard  300  ampere-hour  elements  l assembler 
copper  oxide  and  zinc  plates  and  soda)  in  the  Type  202  jar  for 
fire  alarm  systems,  as  required  by  the  States  of  Hew  Jersey  and 
How  York,  and  the  City  of  Chicago,  as  well  as  .or  other  low 
discharge  work.  The  report  shows  this  to  be  entirely  practi¬ 
cable  for  continuous  discharges  of  one  ampere  or  less,  ihe 
can  of  soda  used  with  the  standard  300  ampere  hour  elements 
mokes  a  25,,  solution  in  the  type  2U2  jar,  and  a  solution  of 
this  density  was  shown  to  give  the  best  results  '-i.h  the  oOO 
ampere  hour  plates  in  the  rype  202  jar. 

Decided,  in  view  of  Mr.  Hudson's  statement  that  there 
is  a  considerable ’market  for  a  300  ampere  hour  cell  for  la'.’ 
continuous  and  intermittent  discharge  rates,  to  put  this  cell 
out  for  such  purposes  as  of  500  ampere  hours  capacity, ^  as  Jell 
Qb  200  ampere* hour,  using  standard  800  and  200  ampere  hour  ele¬ 
ments  in  each  case,  the  3u0  ampere  hour  cell  .o  be  listed  as 
x'ype  3u2  and  the  200  ampere  hour  cell  as  type  2o2.  Jhe  -erne 
tray  will,  of  course,  be  used  for  either  cell  when  sold  in  '.rays. 

mr.  MoGall  submitted  two  suggestions  in  connection 
with  the  pecking  and  protection  of  assembled  elements,  as  des¬ 
cribed  in'eopies  of  memos,  attached  here.o.  Decided,  after 
discussion  to  adopt  both  of  these  improvements.  The  saving 
effected  by  the  use  of  corks  in  place  of  the  corrugated  paper 
pads  practically  offsets  the  higher  cost  of  the  new  bags. 


•S.H.OTDSOH. 

|r7  CHAIRMAH . 

CC  to  Messrs.  Edison,  YTilson,  Maxwell,  Deeming  and  Redfeam. 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


October 


1915. 


Mr.  E .  E.  Hudson, 

Chairmen,  Primary  Battery  Mfg.  Committee. 


I  would  suggest  that  the  corrugated  paper  pads  used 
to  space  the  zincs  from  the  oxide  plate  in  assembled  elements 
of  the  BDISOH-BSCO  type  be  replaced  by  small  corks.  The  Ho.  2 
cork  would  serve  our  purpose  to  best  advantage.  As  there  is 
quite  a  difference  in  the  price  of  the  cork  and  corrugated 
board,  in  favor  of  cork,  it  will  not  only  effect  an  economy 
in  such  a  change,  but  the  objectionable  features  of  the  card 
board,  namely  its  absorption  of  water  and  consequent  oxidation 
of  the  eopuer  plate  will  be  eliminated;  along  with  better  spac¬ 
ing  and  also  greater  elasticity  of  the  material  itself  so  that 
we  will  have  a  spacer  which  will  not  break  down  end  fall  out 
as  is  the  case  with  our  present  material,  and  if  the  signal 
maintainers  fail  to  remove  the  spacer  before  inserting  the 
elements  in  solution  as  happens  occasionally  now,  there  will 
be  little  if  any  effect  upon  the  efficiency  of  the  cell. 

I  would  recommend  that  we  put  this  into  effect 
October  15th,  along  with  the  other  changes  effective  at  that 
time . 


E.  MCGall. 


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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


October  7,  1913. 


Mr.  E.  E.  Hudson, 

Chairman,  Primary  Battery  Mfg.  Committee. 


I  have  taken  up  the  proposition  of  using  a 
different  bag  from  the  blue  one  whioh  we  are  now  using, 
to  envelop  the  elements  with  a  view  to  eliminating  the 
blackening  or  oxidizing  of  unused  zinc  plates  in  stock, 
due  to  the  absorption  of  water  by  the  present  bag.  The 
paper  used  in  the  present  bag  is  of  such  a  material  that 
it  absorbs  water  almost  as  blotting  paper  would,  and 
when  in  close  contact  with  the  element  the  zincs  neces¬ 
sarily  beoome  dark  and  corroded.  1  have  observed  in 
praotically  every  esse  shipped  to  the  railroads  where 
the  elements  lie  packed  in  excelsior  for  a  month  or  two, 
that  the  zinc  plates  have  the  appearanoe  of  a  dull  slate 
color  instead  of  the  bright,  luetrouB  meroury  surfaoe 
that  they  have  when  they  leave  the  factory.  ThiB  turn¬ 
ing  does  not  ooour  with  plateB  whioh  are  standing  in 
open  at  the  laboratory  or  in  stook.  I  recommend,  there¬ 
fore,  that  we  adopt  a  new  bag,  and  have  investigated 
this  question  with  a  view  to  suah  a  ohange. 

A  representative  of  the  Union  Bag  Company  was 
here  Saturday  and  submitted  a  Bample  bag  of  Btrong  paper, 
straw  oolor,  lined  with  a  parchment  impregnated  with 
paraffin.  The  price  per  thousand  is  about  $3.26,  and 
although  this  is  slightly  higher  than  the  one  in  use, 
we  would  be  justified  in  the  adoption  of  Buoh  an  envelop 
because  of  its  advantage  over  our  present  packing  method. 


E.  MoGall. 


MinuteB  of  the  6th  Meeting 
of  the 

Primary  Battery  Committee 
HSld  November  13,  1913 
at  2:00  P.  M. 

In  the  Executive  Committee  Room. 


Preeent:  Messrs.  Hudson,  L.  C.  MoChesney  and  Maxwell. 
Absent:  Mr.  Stevens. 


Mr.  Maxwell  inquired  about  the  result  of 
the  comparative  test  of  the  material  now  in  use  on  the  Reading 
and  Jersey  Central.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  on  heavy  work  our 
material  showed  up  very  much  better,  but  on  light  v/ork  there 
was  very  little  difference.  If  there  was  any,  it  was  in 
favor  of  the  material  of  the  Reading  and  Jersey  Central  are 
now  using.  Mr.  Hudson  explained  that  the  Reading  is  using  a 
signal  system  that  requires  very  little  power,  but  that  the 
Jersey  Central  has  a  system  that  uses  more  power  and  will  in¬ 
evitably  have  trouble  with  the  material  they  are  now  uoing. 

Mr.  Maxwell  asked  Mr.  Hudson,  if  he  is  now  ready,  to  take  the 
matter  up  with  Mr.  Baer,  and  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  he  will  do 
so  in  the  near  future. 

Mr.  Hudson  referred  to  his  desire  to  adopt 
a  new  label  for  the  caustic  soda  can.  He  pointed  out  the  ob¬ 
jections  to  the  present  label  and  submitted  a  label  that  will 
go  completely  around  the  can.  At  present  all  labels  are  being 
put  on  by  hand  and  one  man  is  employed  at  that  work.  Another 
man  will  soon  have  to  be  put  on  to  assist  him.  Mr.  Hudson 
stated  that  for  approximately  $100  we  can  purchase  a  semi¬ 
automatic  labeling  machine  which  will  handle  the  new  labels 
without  requiring  another  man.  Mr.  Hudson  is  especially  anxious 
to  adopt  a  new  and  larger  label  so  that  instructions  can  be 
printed  on  it.  The  Committee  expressed  its  approval  of  the 
label  submitted  by  Mr.  Hudson.  Mr.  Hudson  will  take  up  the 
matter  of  a  machine  wit ft  the  Primary  Battery  Manufacturing 
Committee. 


Mr.  Maxwell  inquired  about  the  special 
battery  for  telephone  work.  Mr.  Hudson  stated  that  we  have  been 
held  up  by  the  glass  blowers  but  are  now  in  a  position  to  com¬ 
mence  to  push  this  type.  He  stated  that  he  is  getting  ready 
to  make  an  announcement  to  the  trade.  This  special  cell  has 
already  been  brought  to  the  attention  of  a  good  nanytelephone 
engineers  and  about  $1000  worth  hao  been  sold.  Mr.  Hudson 
stated-  that  orior  to  the  announcement  of  this 
it  is  going  to  be'necessary  to  make  some  sort  of  arrangement 
with  the  Western  Electbic  Company  for  . handling  the  l1”®  a 
basis  satisfactory  to  them,  because  they  °?us  on 

the  installation  of  telephone  train  despatching  apparatus  on 
the  railroads.  He  stated  that  he  proposes  to  all°w  *h®“  1° 
cents  a  cell  in  addition  to  their  regular  discount  on  a®7'  - 

cells  which  they  sell,  and  to  allow  them  2i  cents  on  all  renewal 


that  we  sell  to  railroads  for  train  despatching  equipment 
installed  by  them. 

Ur.  Hudson  brought  up  the  question  of  elim- 
4__  +  4_i_  +y,_  i  attars  "BSCO"  from  our  trade  name  for  that  par¬ 
ticular  type  of  battery.  He  was, inclined  to  believe  it  would  be 
well  not  to  do  it  until  the  other  types  have  been  more  fully 
eliminated  from  the  market.  After  discussion  the  Committee 
agreed  with  this  view. 

Ur.  Hudson  brought  up  the  attitude  of  the 
electrical  jobbers  who  belong  to  the  Electrical  Jobbers'  *»«». 
to ward b  the  practice  of. allowing  jobbers*  discountsto  hardware 
jobbers  whoodo  not  belong  to  the  Electrical  Jobbers  Assn, 
iin  stated  that  the  electrical  jobbers  business  is  on  the 
SeclBineeandh?hatheeis  inclined  to  do  away  with  the^ealers* 
list  and  establish  three  jobbers'  discounts,  . A.  “?a  *  * 

*'C"  jobber  who  Be  purchases  equal  therequisiteamountwiliget 
rebate  or  if  the  purchases  reach  the  "A"  amount  will  get 
"A"  rebate!  He  is  inclined  to  think  that  this  wouid  probabiy 
bt  acceptable  to  the  electrical  jobbers  and  would  solve  the 
nr  Maxwell  thought  it  unwise  to  eliminate  the 

Ur.  Hudson  will  work  up  a  plan  in  detail. 

Mr.  Hudson  submitted  letter  from  the  Railway 
Signal  Association  conveying  a  vote  of  thank 

szr.af»cs  *8sr£  s. Kuans  ils-.ss.sk. 

with  this^aesoc i at ion ,  and  he  is  doing  so,  having  heenelected 

asss  -s  s  5ssastssjsa«  Er£en- 

He  is  also  on  the  board  of  director*  of  the  national  Hailway 
Appliance  Association. 


trade  conditions. 


There  followed  an  extended  discussion  of 
V/m.  Maxwell 


Copies  to  all  committee  members  and  *°  EdiB' 

Wilson,  Berggren,  Eckert,  Leeming  and  HutchiBon. 


December  19,  1913. 


Mr.  Keadowcroft: 

Hcpiying  to  your  memorandum  of  D.cemtor  18th  concerning 
the  Ingle  Primary  Battery.  «1«  matter  hao  Been  placed  in  the 
hande  of  the  Bo.t  Office  B^.rt.ent  for  ,«rpo...  of  inye.tlg.ti.n , 
and  I  expect  t.  .end  the.  copie.  of  all  letter.  .Men  contain 
reference,  to  „r.  Idi.cn  in  connection  «th  the  Ingle  Battery,  eo 
I  preeome  you  .ill  continue  .ending  all  each 


dh/ju 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Battery,  Storage  -  General  (E-13-09) 

This  folder  contains  incoming  correspondence  and  interoffice 
communications  relating  to  the  commercial  and  technical  development  of 
Edison's  alkaline  storage  battery  at  his  laboratory  and  by  representatives  of 
Thomas  A.  Edison,  Inc.,  in  the  United  States  and  abroad.  Included  are  several 
items  written  by  Edison  or  bearing  his  marginalia,  along  with  many 
communications  to  Edison  from  his  personal  representative  and  chief 
engineer,  Miller  Reese  Hutchison.  Among  the  documents  for  1913  are  items 
concerning  the  use  of  Edison’s  storage  batteries  in  submarines,  locomotives, 
trucks  and  automotive  ignitions,  as  well  as  in  arc  lighting,  household  lighting, 
and  the  illumination  of  hospital  operating  rooms.  Some  documents  pertain  to 
electrochemical  research.  The  correspondents  include  Ralph  H.  Beach  of  the 
Federal  Storage  Battery  Car  Co.;  Charles  A.  Coffin,  Elihu  Thomson,  and  other 
representatives  of  the  General  Electric  Co.;  and  Edison’s  brother-in-law  John 
V.  Miller. 

Approximately  40  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  invoices,  letters  of  transmittal,  and  unsolicited 
correspondence  that  received  no  substantive  reply  from  Edison.  Also  not 
selected  are  routine  technical  notes,  calculations,  and  drawings  relating  to 
flake  separation,  the  refinement  of  nickel  carbonate,  and  filtration. 


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THE  COMMERCIAL  CAR  JOURNAL 


JANUARY 


January  29,  1913. 


Mr.  Edison:- 

With  further  reference  to  attached  letter  { 

from  Fox ,  with  translations  of  letters  from  the  German, 

Laboratories : 

inasmuch  as  Lisman  docs  not  seem  to  he  interested 
further  in  having  tests  made.  1  infer  that  you  do  not  wish 
to  have  the  tests  mace  at  your  expense,  and  will  therefore, 
unless  instructed  to  the  contrary,  write  Fox  to  remove  the 
cells  from  the  Laboratory  and  Iceep  thdm  at  London  for  further 
instructions • 

.  I  am  not  in  favor  of  allowing  them  to  remain 
.»  the  G.mnn  laboratories  for  en  indefinite  p.*«.  “»1“s 
Lisman  proposes  to  do  something. 

Have  you  any  instructions? 


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GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


New  York  Office,  80  Church  Street 

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Ur.  Thomas  A,  EdiBon, 

Orange,  H.  J. 
My  dear  Ur.  Edison: - 


«**«*-*» 

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effectively  as  you  v/oiOtT  lihe^*as^eu  wo^^f 

s  in  our  plaoe,  to  iirfe^yluce  tije  \ro ducts  of  your  factoring''. 

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l  inmiiry,  I  find  that  during  (1912  the  Genersl^Electric  and _ 

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the  General  Vehicle  compai 
Storage  Battery  Co.  and  your-  o^ber  interests  a  little  in  ^erccess 
of  3200,000.  «*- 

>  jthat  you  are! 


In  view  of  the  large  puinher  of  moto] 
using  and  the  proposed 
converters  and  switchboards,  v/e  Should  be  fjj^ad 
favorable  consideration  you  onn  give  us. 
interests  during  1912  wer2^ess,8thanf  15^' 


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sales,  +-  — 


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if  our  purchases  from 


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them;  if  you  could  do  somteAfning  to  increase  these  sales,  it 
would  pi110®  us  under  obligations,  vpj^nev^j/youJ 
thing  that  we  can  do  more  than  we  are  doing  to  <?: 
active  business  between  us,  I  shall  he  glad  if  you  will ^Tet  me 
Imow,  and  I  will  inorease  the  pressure,  if.  possible 

With  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  everything 


which  touohes  your  interests,  I  i 


Sincerely  yours, 


CAC/3JS. 


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FEB  111913 


REPORT  OP  TEST 
'OK 

HOUSE  IICHTinO  CONTROLLER . 


On  Jany.  13th,  I- Installed  in  the  testing-room,  in  the 
Laboratory,  two  house-lighting  controllers,  one  of  which  was  equipped 
with  silver  brushes,  and,  the  other  controller  being  our  standard  model, 
having  carbon  brushes.  I  connected  each  controller  to  a  bank  of 
lamps  and  controlled  the  laDps  in  each  bank  so  that  they  would  light 
up,  one  by  one,  gradually,  until  all  were  burning,  and  then  gradually 
decrease  in  number  until  all  were  out.,  this  operation  taking  place 
continuously  every  day.  These  controllers  have  now  been  in  perpetual 
operation  260  hours,  and  the  carbon  contacts  on  the  eoll^oid' s  are 
badly  worn,  or  grooved.  The  worn  spot  on  the  carbons  has  become  very 
black  and  it  takes  considerable  more  pressure  in  order  to  make  contact 
good  enough  to  operate  the  motor,  requiring  the  voltage  to  rise  from 
six  "to  seven  volT.s  above  normal  before  *the  sol)Roid.  has  power  enough  to 
press  the  carbons  to  make  contact. 


whe  front  covers  were  left  off  of  the  controllers  at  all 
times  so  that  the  dust  could  accumulate  on  the  contacts.  On  several 
occasions  the  limit  switch,  which  opens  the  circuit  when  the  controller 
arm  comes  to  the  limit  of  the  steps,  would  not  make  contact  when  the 
arm  would  reverse  its  direction,  due  to  the  fact  that  dust  would  settle 
on  the  carbon  contacts  while  they  were  open,  and  when  the  arm  would 
leave  the  switch  the^would  come  together  but  not  make  contact. 

The  silver  brush  motor  has  worked  perfectly,  not  having 
stuck  once.  '  The  commutator  has  been  black  with  oil,  due  to  the  fact 
that. the  end  of  the  commutator  has  not  a  fibre  disc  to  throw  the  oil. 
The  carbon  brush  motor  has  this  disc  and  consequently,  the  commutator 
is  free  from  oil.  The  carbon  brush  motor  has  stuck. on  two  occasions. 


The  controller  arm  of  the  silver  brush  controller  has  a 
tendency  to  "hunt"  in  several  places,  due  to  the  steps  of  the  rer 

ssrs  s 

and  a  good  resistance  in  the  carbon  brush  controller. 

.The  Cutler-Hammer  Co.,  are  sending  us  a r.BiBtanoes  . 
one  of  which  is  going  into  a  controller  mhese  resistances 

bad  lot  does  not  slip  through  on  us. 


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ELECTRIC  COMPANY 
SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 


New  York  Office,  80  Church  Street 
February  C5,  1913 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange ,  II.  J . 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

I  have  learned  ^ff  a  nice  order  whioh 
the  Storage  Battery  Works  has  just  placed  with  us,  ana 
X  am  told  that  you  have  given  it  to  us  despite  the  fact 
that  our  deliveries  have  not  been  altogether  satisfactory. 

I  want  to  assure  you  that  no  effort  will 
he  spared  to  facilitate  the  prompt  shipment  of  the  order 
just  placed.  Mr.  Rice,  who  is  here,  and  I  greatly  appre¬ 
ciate  the  order  ana  we  thank  you  for  it. 


CAC/SJS. 


CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


rEfeSlARE  ;Q13e£r  THINGS 


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Mos<  ofi  them  diave.  strfngsftiec(jto  t&emjN 

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^  You  pay  ■'good  hard  money  for  a 
guarantee  and  are  blinded  to  faults. 

Pay  the  Nickel  Iron  price  for  lead 
Batteries  and  they  can  be  guaranteed 
for  20  years. 

Look  for  the  strings  on  guaranteed 
batteries — they  are  tied  on  somewhere. 


WILLARD  STORAGE  BATTERY  COMPANY 


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The  Official  Journal  of  the  Association  of  Railway  Electrical  Engineers 


Entire  Chicago  Offices  of  the  Pennsylvania  Lines 


are  equipped  with 

The  EYE  COMFORT  LIGHTING  System 


Indirect  Illumination  inevitably  increases  the  efficiency 
of  the  office  force.  Concealing  lamps  removes  glare, 
eye  strain  and  headaches.  It  eliminates  sharp  shadow. 

The  illumination  is  so  uniform  and  diffuse  that  desks, 
files  etc.,  may  be  arranged  and  re-arranged  for 
greatest  working  efficiency  without  the  annoyance  and 
expense  incidental  to  shifting  distracting,  exposed  light 
sources  to  suit  the  new  arrangement. 

Not  alone  in  offices  does  the  EYE  COMFORT 
LIGHTING  System  produce  these  wonderful  results, 
but  as  well  in  Depots,  and  Waiting  Rooms,  where 
dignified  and  beautiful  lighting  effects  are  sought;  and 


The  EYE  COMFORT  LIGHTING  System  is 
the  most  economical  and  only  scientific  indirect  lighting. 
It  is  the  only  system  using  the  powerful,  one-piece  cor¬ 
rugated  X-RAY  mirror  reflectors  of  HIGHEST 
KNOWN  PERMANENT  EFFICIENCY.  It  is 

*  Other  powerful  X-RAY  reflectors  meet  conditions 
jn  Industrial  Direct  Lighling.-shops,  freight  houses,  etc. 

We  have  a  mighty  interesting  and  instructive  loose 
leaf,  leather  covered  book  to  send  you.  May  we? 


Earch;  1,  1913. 


Mr.  L.  Ott:- 

Please  make  analysis  of  sediment  in 
Edison  Battery  electrolyte  sent  you  this  morning. 
Charge  to  Mr.  Kammerhoff's  small 
cell  department. 


U.  R.  HUTCHISON. 


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(Attention  of  “r.  V/.G.  Bee) 

Gentlemen: 

For  yonr  attention  we  enclose  you  herewith  letter  dated  the 
7th  instant  received  this  A.M.  from  the  McGraw-Hill  Book  Co. , 
relative  to  lithia  or  Lithium  Carbonate. 


Very  truly  yours. 


EDISON  STORAGE  BATTERY  COMPANY, 
Per  ,Y1  —  ^ 


C.E.Ei 

Eno. 


Regarding  the  attached  memorandum  from  Mr. Htflfchison,  I 
beg  to  advise  the  automatic  ringing  machine  is^rtill  in  the 
experimental  stage.  S 

I  just  advised  Mr.  Smith  to  make this  a  single  machine  instead 
of  a  double  one.  At  present  it  will/be  necessary  for  two  men  to  work 
the  one  machine.  If  anything  shoj<ld  occur  on  either  one  side  or  the 
other  it  would  throw  two  men  o vJt  of  work  at  the  same  time  and  serious¬ 
ly  handicap  the  production.  j4r.  Smith  agrees  with  me  on  this  and 
will  make  such  changes  as  nabessary  to  make  it  a  single  machine.  In 
the  meantime  we  will  try  ai  run  one  side  of  the  machine  and  see  what 
production  we  oan  get  from  it. 

I  recently  made  aj semi-automatic  ringing  machine  at  the 
Battery  Company  and  is  wo'rking  very  satisfactory  and  has  considerably 
increased  our  production.  We  have  not  built  a  second  one  as  I  was 
waiting  for  the  one  Mr.  Smith  was  building  at  the  laboratory,  which  I 
think  will  be  a  great  improvement  over  the  one  I  made. 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


March  11,  1913. 

Mr.  Edison 

You  will  he  interested  to  know  that 
the  automatic  ringing  machine  for  ringing  the 
l/4"  tubes  is  working  perfectly.  We  sent  over 
2,000  tubes  with  rings  placed  on  by  this 
machine  8nd  all  were  0.  K.  Roscoe  Smith  deservi 
a  good  deal  of  credit  for  this  machine,  which 
is  quite  ingenious. 


M.  R.  HUTCHISON. 


mineral  industry 


:d  Annually  since  1892) 


McGraw-Hill  Book  Company 

239  WEST  39th  STREET,  NEW  YORK 
London  Berlin 

PUBLISHERS  OK  BOOKS  FOR 

THE  ENGINEERING  AND  MINING  JOURNAL 

New  York,  March  18th,  1913. 

CHARLES  Of,  Editor 

Mr.  ThomaB  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- 

I  heg  to  thank  you  for  the  information  that  you  were 
kind  enough  to  send  me  in  your  letter  of  March  14th. 

I  believe  this  straightens  me  out  on  the  technology  of 
lithium  carbonate  in  the  storage  battery,  and  I  notice  that  it 
does  not  appear  to  be  entirely  definite. at  this  date. 

Thanking  you  again, 


Yours  very  truly, 

"Mineral  Industry", 

Editor. 


April  1,  1913. 


Discussion  by  Walter  3.  Holland  of  Paper  by 
T'essrs.  C.  W.  Bennett  and  II.  ST.  Gilbert, 
entitled 

"Some  Tests  of  the  Edison  Storage  Battery" 


Read  at  the  23rd  General  Meeting  of  the 
American  Electrochemical  Bpciety,  Atlantic 
City,  a.  J.,  April  3-*.  1913- 


This  paper  1  Shows  every  evidence  of  the  lack  of 
time  which  the  authors  admit  they  had  to  make  thentests  and 
prepare  the  paper.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  data  is  given 
which  was  not  checked  but  was  the  result  of  single  teBts.  Those 
experienced  in  the  testing  of  storage  batterieB  know  that  often 
three  or  four  cycles  of  charge  and  discharge  must  be  given  under 
the  same  conditions  before  the  results  will  assume  a  3table  or 
characteristic  condition. 

The  method  employed  by  the  authors  in  determin¬ 
ing  the  proper  amount  of  charge  id  not  accurate  enough  for 
making  efficiency  tests,  especially  when  the  tests  are  not 
repeated  over  and  over.  The  discharge  voltage  in  several  of 
the  tests  is  altogether  too, low,  showing  that  either  the  cells 
were  not  charged  and  discharged  enough  to  bring  them  to  normal 
operating  conditions,  or  else  there  was  some  abaomality  in 
regard  to  the  condition  of  the  electrolyte,  the  contact  of  the 
conneotors  with  the  cell  poles,  or  other  important  detail. 

A  long  list  of  papers  on  the  Edison  storage 
battery  is  cited,  in  spite  of  whioh  the  ’writers  consider  that 
good  data  on  performance  is  meagre.  The  authors  could 
carefully  digested  the  literature  on  the  subject  for  exception¬ 
ally  complete  information  and  exact  data  on  this  type  of  storage 
battery  have  ;been  published,  especially  in  the  paper  by  .  . 

Holland  in  "The  Electrician",  Volume  66,  pages  47  and  83  U910J* 

This  paper  was  first  presented  before  the  Association  of  Edison 
Illuminating  Companies  at  Frontenao,  Thousand  IslandB,  beptember  6, 
1910,  and  was  corroborated  in  every  important  respect  by  a  paper 
reporting  tests  by  the  Electrical  Testingbaboratories  of  Mew 
York  presented  at  the  same  convention  (Bee  minutes  of  twenty 
IlSfc  annual  meeting  of  Association  of  kd  is  on  m^inating  Companies, 
pages  249  and  274, )  A  summary  of  results  obtained  by  the 
Electrical  Testing  Laboratories  follow*: 


.2- 


X.  CAPACITY  DATA  -  Typo  A-5  lottery,  rate 


Ampere-hours 

Per  ooll,  A-6  typo 
Per  pound  of  ooll 
Per  ou.  in.  of  ooll  {overall) 


'Vat  t -hour  8 

Per  cell,  A-6  type 
Per  pound  of  ooll 
Per  ou.  in  of  oell  l overall) 

2.  SFfflCISiiCY  DATA 


263 

% 


320 

16.4 

1.25 


obtainable 

325 

16.7 

1.27 


250 

12.8 

0.98 


97)£ 

74;6 


*  After  short  charges 


3,  .Most  efficient  rate  of  ohargo,  amperes,  A-6  typ 

4.  Average  volts  during  discharge  {normal  ratej 


During  80  to  85  per 


,  of  discharge, per  oent  10 


The  "A-v6:1  type  of  ooll  tooted  by  the  Pleotrioal 
Testing  Laboratories  is  exactly  the  3a“Q,,^. 

"A-8"  typo  tooted  by  Messrs.  Gannett  and  Hilbert,  but  is  a  smaller 
else  having  oix  positives  as  against  oightpositiveo  of tho  A  B  . 
Its  oapaoity  and  ourront  ratings  are  oaoh  75><S  of  the  A  B  ratings. 

The  aithora  have  misunderstood  the  meaning  of  the 
term  “boost  charge having  confused  this  *“11 

charge.  A  boost  charge  i3  one  given  after  a  batte-y  hnJt(.5ee” 
partially  discharged,  supplementing  the  nof“Ql. ‘’^SO.  The  purpose 
of  a  boo at  charge  ia  to  put  back  a  comparatively  la- go  amount 
energy  into  a  battery  in  a  short  time  during  idleness  of  the  vehicle 
at  noon  or  .vhile  loading,  thus  obtaining  an  ditput  considerably 
higher  than  the  nimal  output  of  the  battery  in  a  day's  service. 
Thus,  in  a  battery  which  will  give  100  oapaoity  when  v 

normally,  135#  oapaoity  will  be  obtained  ift  the  no.mol 
charge  is  supplemented  during  the  noon  hour  by  a  £t  twloo 

normal  rate.  Alien  still  shorter  periods  only  are  available  the 
boosting  rate,  according  to  the  Edison  storage  battery  company  o 
instructions,  may  be  increased  up  to  the 

fifteen  minutes,  or  rive  ximon  normal-rate  ior  five  minuses,  xne 
net  increase  in  oapaoity  by  such  boosting  being  very  considerable 
in  each  case. 


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!>any  interesting  performance  data  and  aurvos 
have  been  compiled  by  the  Kdison  Storage  Mattery  Co.  in  their 
Research  department  at  Orange,  H.  J,  These  have  been  checked 
and  attested  by  ttw  various  authorities  and  any  one  particularly 
interested  in  this  battery  would  do  -veil  to  apply  to  the 
manufacturers  for  these  data. 

The  discussion  oi self  discharge  in  the  paper, 
page  five,  is  rather  vague.  Data  on  this  point,  from  tests 
by  the  Eleotrioal  Testing  laboratories,  are  as  follows: 

Time  of  Standing,  I  i'ully  charged  aattery.V  o|e-third  Discharged 

I  I  Battery,  loss  psr  oeni 

Hours  J  loss  Per  pent  ( 

1  3-5  °-5 

3  5.5  I-® 

6  7.0  1*5 

12  8.5  1-5 

24  ll.o  J-.5 

Part  of  the  loss  of  capacity  on  standing  is  explained  by  the 
cooling  of  the  battery,  resulting  in  lower  average  temperature 
during  the  discharge,  as  compared  to  the  temperature  ^en  dis¬ 
charged  immediately  after  charge.  The  remainder  of  the  loss 
is  probably  due,  as  the  authors  surmize,  to  spontaneous  decom¬ 
position  of  the  ,niokel  peroxide. 

The  reBultB  obtained  by  the  authors  at  low  tem¬ 
perature  are  not  in  accord  with  results  obtained  in  another 
aeries  of  tests  by  the  Electrical  Testing  laborer ies  ( see 

"The  Central  Station",  Deo.,  1911.  P^e  135- ).  the 
being  considerably  greater  than  reported  by  authors .  The 
disagreement  is  probably  due  to  not  enough  oycles  having  been 
given  in  the  present  instance. 

It  is  little  realized  what  an  extremely  important 
apparatus  the  Edison  Storage  battery  really  is,  ®*P«®*a“5rvi"timd 
its  application  to  transportation  problems,  ^things  only  stan 

by  improvements  contemplated  by  the  manufacturers. 

In  view  of  the  newness  of  this  type  of  battery 

tribute  to  the  undying  genius  of  Edison. 


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GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


77 1 


Hay  15, 


1913. 


Hr.  Edison :- 

The  starter  on  the  Buick  car  works  out  Beyond  my 
expectations.  With  six  B-4  cells,  extra  heavy  jumpers  Be¬ 
tween  cells  and  motor,  cells  fully  charged,  gas  voltage 
run  off,  the  following  results  were  achieved: 

The  engine  waB  cranked  for  twelve  minutes  Before 
stalling.  Average  current  113.8  amperes,  average  voltage 
4.25,  average  speed  70  r.  p.  m. 

After  resting  Btttery  for  ten  minutes,  it  again 
cranked  engine  for  6 i  minutes  constantly  Before  stilling. 
Average  current  115  amperes,  average  voltage  4.2,  average 
speed  60  r.  p.  m.  After  ten  minutes  rest,  the  engine  was 
cranked  for  2^  minutes  constantly  Before  etalling.  Average 
ourrent  115  amperes,  average  voltage  3.8,  average  speed 
55  r.  p.  m. 

The  rtotal  number  of  revolutions  under  the  above 
conditions  on  charge  was  1367. 

After  this  discharge,  we  werenjable  to  start  the 
engine  many  times  at  various  intervals. 

The  Battery  was  fully  charged,  the  plugs  removed 
from  the  cylinders  of  the  engine  to  relieve  the  compression, 
and  the  self-starting  motor  propelled  the  oar  .6  of  a  mile. 
.3  of  a  mile  was  done  on  high  gear  and  .3  of  a  mile  on 
second  speed. 


The  trip  took  38  minutes,  motor  running  all  the 


time. 

After  running  down  to  stalling  point,  it  v/a b  able, 
after  a  short  rest,  to  spin  the  engine  at  a  good  clip  for 
quite  some  time. 

I  am  enclosing  worm  gear  in  oasd  so  that  it  can 
run  in  grease.  Without  a  douht,  this  will  increase  the 
efficiency,  as  the  worm  heats  slightly  when  running  for  some 
time  steadily. 

As  soon  as  the  test  has  been  completed  on  the 
starter,  the  dynamo  will  be  coupled  up  and  test  made  on  it. 


M.  R.  HUTCHISON. 


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Mr.  Eriison:- 

In  reference  to  locomotive  headlight: 

The  designing  engineer  has  teen  detailed  by  the 
Arc  Lamp  Department  of  the  General  Electric  Company  to  visit 
us  on  Friday  afternoon,  for  the^airpose  of  getting  tat a  for 
the  purpose  of  pr npt&ing. oftm  arc  light  to  be  operated  by 
Edison  Storage  battery. 

I  am  a-ranging  a  table  on  v/hicn  the  arc  lamp  will 
be  fastened  and  which  will  be  shaken  just  about  as  much  as 
an  arc  lamp  is  shaken  *hen  mounted  on  a  locomotive  under 
high  speed. In  this  v:ay  we  wifi  see  if  the  new  arc  lamp  to 
be  designed  by  the  G^IjrCo .  will  regulate  properly  under 
practical  operatingyconditions. 

Photometer  tests  are  to  be  taken  of  the  locomotive 
headlight  procured  for  us  by  J.Cr.  Thomspon,  in  order  that  we 
may  duplicate  the  results  achieved  by  the  concern. now  making 
the  turbine  generator  equipment  and  locomotive  arc  light. 

”.  E.  HUTCHISCir. 


GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  SBq. , 
Orange,  H.  J. 


New  York  Office 
Hudson  Tersiinal  Buildings 

80  Church  Street 


My  dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

This  will  introduce  to  you  Mr.  ?.  S. 
Hartman,  who  has  an  important  position  in  our  Hew  York 
offioe  and  who  desires  to  give  consecutive  attention  to 
the  relations  between  your  Storage  Battery  interests  and 
the  G.E.Co. 

Commending  him  to  your  oourtesy,  X  am, 
Yours  very  truly. 


CAC/SJS. 


My  dear  Ur.  Edison-.- 

I  never  like  to  trouble  you  with  introductions, 
but  this  young  man  is  so  enthusiastic  in  your  behalf  as 
well  as  that  of  the  G.E.Co.  that  I  venture  to  impose  upon 
you  to  the  extent  of  giving  him  this  letter.  y7 

Very  truly  yours, 


Thomas  A. Edison,  Esq. 
Orange,  11.  J. 


June  19 , 


1913. 


Mr.  Edison:- 

Erora  teats  made  with  individual  tubes,  3/16" 
diaraater,  the  indication  are  that  ouch  a  cell  as  v/e  Bhipped 
420  of  to  the  Navy  Department  for  the  floating  cranes,  made 
up  of  3/16"  tubes  instead  of  l/8"  tubes,  will  show  a  relative 
capacity  of  335  amperes  for  four  hours,  425  amperes  for  three 
hours,  and  nine  hundred  amperes  for  one  hour. 

I  ain  having  an  S-6  cell,  as  above,  made  up  as  rapid¬ 
ly  as  possible,  and  when  same  is  completed,  it  will  be  sub¬ 
jected  to  teet  by  Mr.  Smith,  who  will  report  in  on  it  from 
time  to  time,  as  the  test  proceeds.  This  new  design  will 
eliminate  many  unsatisfactory  little  details  of  the  first 
design,  and  when  the  test  has  been  complefled,  will  go  over 
it  again  to  see  if  we  can  eliminate  any  more. 

1  am  exceedingly  anxious  to  get  this  submarine 
cell  out  because  v/e  are  losing  business  right  along  by  not 
being  able  to  supply  them. 

I  will  do  all  I  can  from  my  end  of  the  line. 

M.  ft.  HUTCHISON. 


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Mr .  Wm .  H .  M  eadowcrof  t 
Dear  air. 

I  wish  to  thank  you  for  the  trouble  you  took  to  get  out  the  data  on 
the  Edison  tjattery.lt  was  Just  what  I  wanted  and.  I  appreciate  it  very  much. 

Even  date  I  am  sending  my  good  friend  Edison  a  letter  which  you  will  probably 
see, in  which  I  touch  upon  cement, the  letter  explains  itself. 

I  shall  take  the  first  opportunity  to  run  over  again  but  will  call  you 
up  before  I  come, of  course  I  do  not  wish  to  bother  my  friend  but  as  he  gave  me  a 
standing  invitation  to  call  at  any  time,!  will  run  over  to  that  most  interesting 
"Laboratory"  and  look  over  the  many  wonders  being  turned  out. My  calls  must, how¬ 
ever, be  infrequent  as  I  am  a  very  busy  man. The  new  line  of  Electric  trucks  add¬ 
ed  to  an  already  large  business  in  glass  enameled  steel  tanks  gives  me  mighty 
little  time  to  devote  to  pleasure  and  it  certainly  is  a  very  keen  pleasure  to 
visit  my  old  friend  and  witness  his  wonderful  works. 

Any  information  that  you  can  give  me  on  the  cement  proposition  will 
be  thankfully  received. Hoping  to  meet  you  soon, I  remain, 

Yours  verv^truly 


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Some  years  agi  Mr.  Gilmore  wrote  me  that 
you  might  build  for  mkl>  a  storage  battery  motorcycle. 

He  subsequently  wrote  that  the  battery  had  not  been 
perfected  to  permit  of  the  results.  Can  it  be  done 
to-day?  I  am  anxious  to  have  a  vehicle  of  that  kind, 
if  it  is  in  your  judgment  useable. 


Would  you  kindly  advise  me  also,  if  the  new 
phonograph,  of  which  I  have  read  considerable,  \7ith  a 
sapphire  or  diamond  point  will  be  marketed  soon,  as  I 
am  anxious  to  have  one  of  the  first  of  them. 


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Hovember  12,  1913, 


IJr.  H.  H.  Smith: 

Research  laboratory, 
Raison  Storage  Battery  Co. 


I  am  attaching  hereto  copy  of  letter  to  Mr.  rT.  H.  tfillis, 
Signal  Engineer,  Erie  R.  R.  Co.,  from  which  yon  will  note  that 
arrangements  for  a  lecture  to  be  given  before  The  Stevens 
Engineering  Society  have  been  changed,  and  that  Mr.  Hutchison 
will  give  the  talk. 

The  reason  for  this  change  was  that  in  talking  with  Hr. 
V/illis  over  the  'phone  this  morning  I  learned  that  this  Society 
is  more  Interested  at  the  present  time  in  a  talk  on  phonographs 
and  motion  pictures,  and  the  Rinet ophono ,  than  any  technical 
discussion  devoted  exclusively  to  storage  batteries.  However, 
if  you  care  to  appear  before  this  Society  at  a  later  date  for 
the  purpose  of  lecturing  on  the  Edison  Storage  Battery,  arrange¬ 
ments  therefor  oan  doubtless  be  made,  and  X  Bhall  be  glad  to 
take  the  matter  up  along  these  lines  if  you  wiBh. 

Thanking  you  for  your  courtesy  in  consenting  to  take  care 
of  the  matter  in  the  present  instance,  end  regretting  the  neces- 


Dear  llr.  Edison: 


Regarding  the  attached  memoranda 
paint  coming  loose  on  the  S-6  Cells, 

The  S-6  cells  that  were  mp£e  here  were  scratch  brushed 
and  sand  papered  in  order  to  loosen  up  all  scale  that  \ 
possible,  after  which  tho  cella/vere  doped  in  the  same  fashion 
that  our  daily  production  is  handled,  and  I  am  at  a  loss  to 
understand  why  this  should  /ome  off,  unless  it  is  around  the 
upper  edge  where  more  or  ttfess  moisture  had  accumulated  after 
forming.  This,  however .was  dried  the  best  way  possible;  in 
some  cases  we  played  a  blow-torch  flame  around  the  tops  ir. 
order  to  dry  same  and  then  thoroughly  cleaned  them  before  doping. 

I  recommend  that  Mr.  Hutchison  inform  the  Havy  Depart¬ 
ment  to  paint  them  with  P.  &  B.  Paint.  This  seems  to  be  the 
next  best  thing  to  our  Esbalite.  It  can  be  bought  in  almost 
any  hardware  store.  Y/e  hove  made  tests  of  it  here  and  same 
is  very  satisfactory  ar.d  also  have  cells  out  now  that  haws  been 
painted  more  than  a  year  ago  and  in  some  cases  look  better  than 
the  material  we  make  here. 


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December 


Mr.  Brady 

Please  issue  order  on  the  Storage 
Eattery  Company  for  80  B-2H  Cells  in  four 
cell  trays,  same  to  he  delivered  on  the  15th 
instant.  Charge  to  3549. 

Also  order  for  25  A-4  Cells,  charged. 


LeRoy  Scott 


Rehabilitation  of  Railways  of  LowDeasity  Tralfio 


Telephone 


5931  Gortlandt,  149  Broadway,  Suite  537, 


New  York, 
December  15th, 


Mr.  W.  H.  Metacroft, 
Edison  laboratory, 
Orange ,  New  .Ter Bey. 

Dear  <tir:- 


I  omitted  the  enclosed  by  oversight  from 
my  letter  of  Saturday. 


LeRS.  VW. 


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JJr .  Thomas  A  .Edison, 
Edison  Laboratory, 
Orange, Hew  Jersey. 


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I  have  bought  and  received  from  Berlin  an  electric 
automobile  that  is  fitted  out  with  72  Edison  storage  cells  type  4.  / 

X  have  ordered  from  the  Eangamo  Electric  Co. of. 
Springfield  111. an  ampere  hour  meter  that  I  want  to  place  on  the. car 
for  testing  purposes.  In  order  to  save  time, and  have  no  delay  in  the 
delivery  of  the  instrument  I  have  talcen  the  liberty  to  give  your  name 
as  reference, so  that  the  Eangamo  Co,  may  he  assured  that  we  will 


You  might  favor  me  by  sending-  them  a  note  that  v 
s  O.IC.a3  regards  the  order  for  the  ampere  hour  meter. 


dear  family,!  remain. 


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vours  very  truly,  cj  ^  / 

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December  27,  1913. 

Bachman : - 

I  think  you  should  now  make  a  clone  estimate  of 
S-15  for  submarines,  as  we  can  get  a  lot  of  business  noiv. 
11ave  you  got  the  3/16"  tube  loaders  from  Erooklyn? 


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EDISOH-B5CO  TYPE  EB3KEKTS  AEP  PUTTIES  IHTO 
EFFECT  OTHER  CHARGES  AT.RiiADY  PASSED  UPOE. 


By  raisins  the  elements  of  all  Edison  BSCO  Type  ..ell"  3/8- 
gruator  voltage  efficiency  is  obtained  and  a  slight  '.nerea3^^:i  euiae 
io  effected.  The  raising  of  the  element  a  «an  00  a^.orap.  isn..o  uj 
.uirdly  elongating  tho  slots  in  tho  si  do  o*  iraw  ar.d  a.u».  "  - 

3/8 "from  the  Bottom  of  fraino  •  1  saving  tho  oars  at  the  r-a  v.  -  t 
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frame  sides.  (Sample  framo  deliver  ad.  to  -r.  .,u:  i.&nn  . 

Hot  a.  Teat  :-Zl&  (4Ci  Cells)  discharged  at  rate  of  2  5«p« 
coll  ;4  differing  from  coll  3  only  is  that  it  v/as  rai  eod  ao  at -  -  f ; 
crlbed  gave  417-5  ampere  hours  Before  the  vo.t -age  dropped  be-ow  -  . 
against  302.5  ampere  hoars  for  oo) 
eroase  of  35  anpero  hours.-  The  ; 
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extended  further  than  would  bs 
electrolyte  more  laden  with  a: 

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n meter  and  spaced  l/a,;  from  cantor  to  center 
of  nine  holes  on  each  side  of  the  frame-  cno 
active  may  ho  reduced-  thus  affect  ng  a  higho 
greater  capacity  By  increesing  the  surfae 


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tendency  of  the  copper  oxide  plate  to  reduce  as  this  ^ 

•part  of  the  discharge,  the  object  being  to  limit  ohe  dimensions  o.  the 
perforations  in  order  to  have  this  material  heartofore  inactive,  e ..fecit i.e 
at  the  end  of  tlie  life. 

Bote ,  Test  #812  (401  Colls)  discharged  at  rate  of  2.5  amperes 
roll  #6  differing  from  Cell  #5  only  in  that  it  was  perforated  as  above 
described  gave  382.5  ampere  hours  against  575  75  ampereyhours  for  cell  5 
before  the  voltage  dropped  below  -5  volts.  In  Cell  f5  chare  v/as  17.5 
Gms.  of  copper  oxide  under  the  frame  with  no  unreduced  material  in  the 
center  of  the  plate,  while. cell  #6  had  hut  approximately  1  Grm.-o- 
copper  oxide  left  in  the  center  of  copper  place  at  she  bottom  with  no 
oopper-. Oxide  under  the  frame  sides.  .  Both  Soils,  were  disconnected  at 
436.25  ampere-hours.  Figuring  1.6  Gms.  per  ampere; - hou; .  • 

16.5  gms.  7  1.6  gms.  ;;  10.31  ampere-hours,  theoretical  increase  of  6  o\  er 


#5,  which  to  .5  volts  gave  an  actual  increase  of  8.75  ampere- hours . 

On  the  same  test  cell  #2  differing  from  £l  only  in  that  the 
frame  sides  w ore  perforated  as  above,  gave  575,75  ampere  -hours  agair.st 
556.25  ampere-hours  for  cell  #1  before  the  voltage  dropped  bslov;  -5 
Volts,  a  difference  of  17.5  ampere-hours.  This  figure  is  higher  than 
the  difference  of  cells  #  5  and  6.  as  the  elements  of  the  latter  were 
raised  thus  giving  a  greater  efficiency,  for  the  element,  the  frame 
Of  whfch  was  not  perforated.  All  other  cells  of  this  test  where  s:i-n  ...a 
oomparisons  were  made  gave  a  corresponding  increase  where  th--  d:'  rfc-f 
enoes  in  the  elements  were  as  above,  For  large  diagramatical  curves 
covering  the  above  see  File  Primary  Battery  Testing  laboratory  - 

The  new  mould  for  the  type  450  and  400  ampere  hour  cells,  as 
made  up  by  Mr,  Salts man-  is  of  such  dimensions  that  the  copper  oxide 
plates  oan  be  made  exactly  5x5  inches  after  baking.-  Shis  new  oxide 
should  give  a  slightly  greater  voltage  efficiency  than  the  one  now  in 
use,  as  a  slight  increase  in  surface  area  is  obtained.  It  has  the  added 
advantage  of  uniformity ,  thus  facilitating  assembly  and  insuring  all 
plates  being  suspended  at  relatively  the  same  point  within  the  electro 
lyte.  In  using  this  oxide  it  will  be  necessary  to  change  the  width  of 
the  copper  frames  to  facilitate  the  assembling  of  the  cells.  It  is 
possible  to  assemble  this  large  oxide  with- the  present  frame,  but  it 
would  be  rather  difficult  to.  do  this  in  regular  manufacturing  practice, 

When  the  above  proposed  changes  are  put  into  effect  the 
ohanges  in  the  weight  of  caustic  30da  for  the  various  type  uolls  should 
be  made.  The  ohanges  above  proposed  are;  raising  the  element  3/8" ; 
perforating  the  sides  of  the  frames,  increasing  the  width  of  the  oxide- 
plate  so  that  the  finished  plate  will  be  5  x  5  inches,  and  consequent 
change  in  the  width  of  frame,  and  at  the  same  time  putting  into  effect 
the  new  weights  of  caustic  soda  as  passed  in  our  previous  meeting. 


Ji’KoGsHSP 


3.  Mb  Gall 


Edison  General  File  Series 

1913.  Battery,  Storage  -  Delivery  Wagons  -  Endurance  Tests  (E-13-10) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
technical  development  of  Edison's  alkaline  storage  battery  and  its  use  in 
lightweight  electric  delivery  wagons.  The  documents  consist  primarily  of  reports 
on  endurance  runs  for  the  #2  and  #3  delivery  wagon  that  were  prepared  for 
Edison  by  Jerry  T.  Chester  of  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. 

Approximately  90  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  consist  of  duplicates,  routine  interoffice  communications, 
and  graphs. 


GENERAL  DATA  OH  LIGHT  DELIVERY  VVAGOM  TESTS. 


The  attached  curves  show  the  characteristics  of  the  wagon 
motor  very  plainly.  The  motor  winding  has  been  changed  since  thet 
curves  were  plotted,  bringing  the  efficiency  up  to  87/.  instead  61 
81<.  All  other  characteristics  are  about  the  same. 

On  completion  of  the  wagon  and  before  any  road  tests  were 
made,  the  vehicle  was  run  up  against  one  of  the  buildings,  and  tl 
controller  put  on  full  forward,  discharging  the  battery  vdthout 
injuring  the  motor.  V/e  then  put  the  nozzle  of  a  garden  hose  in 
the  motor ,  and  filled  it  with  water.  In  this  condition,  the  veh¬ 
icle  was  run  over  rough,  hilly  roads  a  distance  of  28  miles.  Ko 
injury  resulted  from  this  test. 

The  stalling  test  against  the  building  was  made  to  prove  thi 
any  boy  driving  the  ve&icle  could  not  injure  the  motor  by  gettini 
stuck  in  a  ditch,  etc.,  and  forgetting  to  shut  the  current  off. 


After  the  motor  and  the  controller  were  tested  thoroughly 
for  electrical  and  mechanical  efficiency.  Hr.  Edison  decided  that 
in  order  to  uphold  the  high  standard  it  will  be  necessary  to 
build  a  complete  vehicle  that  will  withstand  the  shock  find  vbrnt- 
ion  of  very  rough  roads. 

Ur.  Edison  then  traveled  all  over  the  district  within  a  radius 
of  ten  miles  of  the  Works,  looking  for  very  rough  roads  to  test 
the  wagon  on.  After  much  difficulty,  a  circuit  of  sixteen  miles 
was  mapped  out.  This  road  was  as  rough  as  could  be  fount.,  ^ 
and  covered  all  road  conditions,  from  deep  mud  and  sand  to  boulders 
varying  in  size  from  two  to  eight  inches. 

The  operator  was  instructed  to  follow  the  mapped  course, 
and  never  to  reduce  Bpeed  ufless  to  avoid  an  accident.  At  various 
times,  an  inspector  would  start  in  another  machine  and  follow  the 
operator  up  to  sec  that  he  kept  to  the  roughest  parts  of  the  road. 


A  time-keeper  was  also  put  on  the  job  and  he  kept  a  schedule 
,e  number  of  runs  made  per  day  and  length  of  time  for  each  rui 

After  each  run,  the  vehicle  was  thoroughly  inspected  and  a 
ade  on  any  nuts  or  bolts  that  had  loosened  or  any  partB 
r  out  of  adjustment. 

By  this  method,  we  found  what  effect  excessive  vibration  had 
arious  parts  of  the  vehicle.- 

found  broken  boltB,  lost  bolts  and  nuts,  fractured  frames 


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axles,  and  loose  wheels. 


Tv/elve  complete  steel  frames  were  made  varying  in  design, 
but  every  one  of  them  was  either  broken  completely  or  fractured 
beyond  repair. 

It  must  be  remehbered  that  these  teBtB  were  made  on  very  rough 
roadB  with  iron-tired  wheels  in  front  and  rubber-tired  in  back 
or  driving  wheels.  Under  ordinary  conditions  on  fair  roads  with 
front  wheels  rubber-tired,  the  vehicle  would  probably  stand  up  for 
a  very  much  longer  time. 

Mr.  Edison  figures  that  after  a  test  of  one  thousand  miles 
with  full  load  over  the  test  course',  he  has  given  the  vehicle  more 
abuses  and  put  it  to  the  Btraining  point  a  great  deal  ofteher  than 
it  would  get  in  over  ten  thousand  miles  in  ordinary  commercial 
service. 


The  one  thousand  mile  test  must  be  made  without  fiht  tighten¬ 
ing  $f  a  bolt  or  hut,  or  any  adjustment  vhatsoever. 

The  present  vehicle  has  a  wooden  frame  with  special  bracings, 
famm  full  elliptic  springs,  36"  wheel,  2"  rubber  tires  on  rear 
and  li"  rubber  tires  on  front,  78"  wheel  btjSe,  56"  track,  side 
chain  drive  off  differential  jack-shaft  mounted  in  self  aligning 
bearings,  internal  expanding  brakes,  lever  steer,  controller  of 
special  design,  two-speeds,  forward  and  reverse,  and  capable  of 
habdling  500  amperes  without  over-heating.  The  wheels  have  long 
bearings  with  a  loose  sleeve  which  lubricates  perfectly  and  runs 
with  very  little  friction. 

The  motor  which  has  been  used  throughout  the  test  is  of  special 
construction  and  mounted  with  radius  rods  to  jackshaft  housing 
and  has  a  third  support  on  a  half  elliptic  . spring  mounteu  on  loose 
shaokleB.  This  type  of  mounting  relieves- the  chassis  of  neavy 
shocks.  . 

The  motor  which  has  driven  the  vehicle  over  7,000  miles  still 
has  its  first  set  of  brushes,  and  these  are  only  half  worn.  The 
motor  is  kept  open  to  all  conditions  of  weather,  and  brushes  are 
thickly  coated  with  mud.  This  condition  does  not  seem  to  affect 
its  operation,  and  if  anything,  helps  to  keep  a  bright  commutator 
which  can  be  seen  from  the  fact  that  the  commutator  haB  not  been 
cleaned  once  since  it  is  in  operation,  and  shows  no  perceptible 
wear.  The  brush  surface  is  five  square  inches,  and  can  handle 
normally  three  hundred  amperes  without  excessive  heat.  It  takes 
over  500  amperes  to  Btall  the  motor. 

The  wagon  is  designed  to  carry  from  800  to  1,000  pounds,  and 
this  weight  is  carried  all  the  time. 


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The  'battery  equipment  now  Konsists  of  eighteen  A-8  cells, 
and  gives  us  forty  miles  on  a  charge  with  full  load.  A  special 
battery  will  be  carried  consisting  of  eighteen  cells  of  the  A-4 
Bize,  which  will  give  us  twenty  miles  on  a  charge.  The  mileage  can 
be  easily  brought  up  to  thirty  on  the  same  battery  if.it  be  boosted 
during  the  time  deliveries  are  being  louded. 

The  vehicle  will  go  up  Eagle  Hpck  Hill  which  iB  one  mile 
long  and  averages  eighteen  percent  grade  at  the  rate  of  five  miles 
per  hour  with  full  load. 

The  batteries  will  be  kept  under  the  drivers'seat  which  will 
leave  plenty  of  free  space  for  loading. 

Vihile  the  mileage  may  seen  small,  we  have  found  by  putting 
instruments  on  horse  delivery  wagons  of  most  of  the  prominent 
grocers  and  butchers  in  this  town,  that  they  cover  an  average  of 
eighteen  mileB,  and  take  about  six  hours  to  do  it.  I  believe 
it  is  Ur*  Edison's  intention  to.  build  the  complete  vehicle,  uhless 
some  manufacturer  is  willing  to  take  the  proposition  up,  in  that 
case  we  will  sell  the  whole  electrical  equipment,  that  is,  motor, 
controller  and  battery. 

We  are  trying  to  get  this  vehicle  out  to  the  user  for  about 
§800.00,  and  if  we  can  do  it,  it  will  be  about  half  of  the  price 
of  any  electric  vehicle  which  can  be  purchased  for  this  purpose. 

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Mr.  M.  R.  Hutchison,  .  /  U  v?3  A 

Chief  Engineer: - 

During  the  past  week  I 

three  tests  per  set  -  to  determine  the  watts  perUon  mile  required 
for  operating  the  delivery  wagon. 

The  tests  were  made  on  a  one- tenth  mile  course 
on  Washington ' Ave. ,  Newark.  Huns  were  made  in  both  directions  and 
the  results  combined  to  obtain  the  average  values.  The  course  is 
the  same  as  is  used  by  the  Lansden  people  for  similar  tests. 

On  the  first  set  of  tests  the  motor  was  equipp¬ 
ed  with  a  set  of  brushes  whose  feature  was  said  to  bb  high  carrying 
capacity.  All  other  conditions  on  the  wagon  were  exactly  as  they 
were  when  Chesler  finished  with  it.  The  motor  was  run  with  series 
connections.  Under  these  conditions  the  average  of  three  tests 
showed.  S'  Watt0  per  ton  mil0  _  130 

Test  #1  1 

Average  total  watts  -  1715 
Miles  per  hour  -  9.24 
These  results  were  far  from  satisfactory,  so  I 
put  the  old  brushes  (k  k  3)  in  and  obtained  the  following? 

f  Watts  per  ton  mile  -  118 

Test  #2  J  Average  total  watts  «  1710 

I  Miles  per  hour  -  9.9 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  total  watts  are  nearly 
the  same  as  in  the  first  case,  but  the  speed  increased  enough  to 
considerably  reduce  the  watts  per  ton  mile. 

On  the  third  test  a  new  set  of  brushes,  made  of 
a  mixture  of  copper  and  graphite,  were  tried. 

Watts  per  ton  mile  -  116 


r 


Test  #3 


Page  -2- 

Average  total  watts  -  1673 
Miles  per.  hour  -  9.87 

Here  the  speed  remains  about  the  same  as  before, 
but  the  total  watts  consumption  is  reduced.  This  1b  due  to  a 
smaller  voltage  drop  thru  the  brushes  and  to  less  friction  on  the 
commutator. 

During  these  teste  it  waB  noticed  that  the  chains 
became  appreciably  warm.  For  that  reason  I  made  the  following  test 
under  the  same  conditions  as  in  Test  #3,  except  that  the  chains  were 
lubricated  with  graph! te-^-gr ease: 

/  Watts  per  ton  mile  -  110 

Test  #4  <  Average  total  watts  -  1596 

I  Miles  per  hour  -  10.0 

You  will  notice  that  by  lubricating  the  chains  77 
watts. or  6  watts  per  ton  mile,  were  saved  and  that  the  speed  Increased  ' 
one- tenth  mile  per  hour. 

The  power  consumption  in  each  case  is  somewhat  greater 
than  those  obtained  by  Chesler  about  a  year  ago.  For  this  reason  X 
spared  no  pains  in  making  the  tests  as  accurate  as  possible,  besides 
checking  the  instruments  with  newly,  calibrated  ones  just  from  Weston's. 
The  difference  is  probably  d«e  to  the  wear  and  hard  usage  the  wagon  has 
been  subjected  to  since  that  time.  The  sprockets  are  noticeably,  and 
the 1  differential  ; badly,  worn. 

At  present  I  am  making  tests  to  determine  the  watts  lost 
in  each  part  of  the  transmission  system,  of  which  I  shall  submit  a  re¬ 
port  in  a  few  days. 


Thursday, June  26, 1913. 


Respectfully  submitted, 


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RECORD  OP  TEST  DDES 

OVER  SELECTED  COURSE  IE  #2  DELIVERY  WAGON 
WITH  EEW  PROET  AXLE. 

HEAVIER  RUBBER  TIRES  ON  REAR  AND  STEEL 
TIRES  SHRUNK  ON  PRONT  1 


RUN  NO.  MILES 
_ per  trip 


Oot.  26 
"  26 


16.4 

16.4 

16.4 

16.4 

16.4 


40  Rear  tail  light  Burnt  out 
Haa  to  stop  to  repair  same. 


56  Chain  oame  off  on  Orange  Rd. 
aue  to  it  Being  slack. 


n  pi?  rta  16.4  2  36  Chain  oame  off  again  at 

Bloomfield  Ave.  Pound  thread  stripped- on  casting  where  chain  tighten¬ 
ing  screw  comes  through. 


Grand  total  mileage  1180.1 

Total  miles  on  swivel  frame  up  to  date--665.e 

Total  mileage  on  new  front  axle  and  1-1/2  ruBBer  tires 

Oct.  26th  measured  course  l/2  mile  long 
Watts  per  ton  mile  test 

Total  Wt.  Average  Apps.  Average  Volt.  Miles  per  hr. 

19.6  9*55 


Watts  per  ton  mile 
161.53 


26000  IBs, 


102.34 


9.55 


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Edison  General  File  Series 

1913  Battery,  Storage  -  Delivery  Wagons  -  Lansden  Company 
(E-13-11) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
business  of  the  Lansden  Co.,  a  Newark-based  manufacturer  of  electric  wagons 
fn  which  Edison  for  a  time  held  the  controlling  interest.  Included  are  Hems 
concerning  Edison’s  financial  obligations  and  the  company  s  receivership  and 
reorganization. 

Approximately  40  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  pertain  primarily  to  creditors  and  claims  against  th 
company. 


THE  LANSDEN  COMPANY 


Electric  Commercial  Vehicles 


Newark  ,  New  Jersey,  U.S.A. 


January  7,  1913. 


Mr.  Harry  F.  Mill'ar,  Seay., 
Thomas  A.  Edison  EBq. , 
Orange  ,  IT.  J . 

Dear  Sir: 


With  the  close  of  the  year,  I  think  we  o an  clean 
up  everything  that  had  to  do  with  the  transfer  of  The  Lars  den 
Company  to  us,  and  so  relieve  Mr.  Edison  of  any  further 
responsibility  in  connection  with  any  of  the  Old  Lansden 
Company  matters,  and  relieve  him  of  any  further  cost. 


Some  time  ago  I  asked  Mr.  Brecher  to  prepare  a 
complete  statement  of  just  how  the  accounts  stood  between 
Mr.  Edison  and  ourselves. 

Mr.  Brecher  has  given  me  ttiis  statement  in  three 
parts,  that  is,  "Memo.  A,"  a  complete  statement  of  the 
accounts  from  January  1,  1912  to  December  31,  1912;  "List  B" 
shows  the  oreUts  due  us  during  the  entire  year  of  1912, 
while  "List  C"  shows  the  balance  of  Accounts  Heceivable 
as  of  Deoember  31,  1912. 


You  will  recall  that  on  February  Bth ,  1912  we 
made  a  complete  settlement  with  Mr.  Edison,  with  the  e:-:oepr 
tion  of  §17,906.71,  of  the  Old  Acoounts  Receivable  which 
were  then  uncollected;  so  if  we  start  with  the  Gross 
Balance  of  §17,906.71  due  Mr.  Edison  as  of  Jan.  1,  1912, 
we  find  a  Total  Gross  Amount  due  him  at  the  close  of  this 
year  of  §24,378.35,  against  which  we  have  credits  of 
§21,188.10,  leaving  a  Gross  Balance  due  Mr.  Edison  of 
§3,190.25.  But,  of  the  Acoounts  Receivable  set  forth 
in  the  §17,000.00  odd,  there  is  §4,419.50  still  uncollected, 
with  the  result  that  Mr.  Edison  owes  The  Lansden  Company 
§1,229.25,  on  receipt  of  which  we  will  transfer  to  Mr. 

Edison  all  these  unpaid  Accounts  Receivable  and  so  close 
out  our  account  entirely. 


J7e  believe  that  this  closing  out  of  the  account  j 

absolutely  closes  Mr.  Edison's  financial  connection  or  } 

financial  responsibility  with  any  of  the  affair b  of  ' 

The  Lansden  Company,  because  all  of  the  guarantees  which  i  L  ! 

the  Old  Lansden  Company  had  placed  on  its  cars  have  now  !  I'  j 


COMPANY 


#2  H.  F.  H.  1-7-13 


We  think  the  three  statements  herewith  enclosed 
will  make  the  account  perfectly  clear  in  all  details;  and 
as  we  are  having  an  audit  of  our  hooks  made  as  of  the  close 
of  the  year  and  want  to  make  a  complete  report  to  our 
Directors  at  their  annual  meeting,  we  would  appreciate 
having  this  entire  matter  settled;  and  therefore  would  be 
glad  to  have  from  you  at  your  early  convenience  either  a 
check  or  notification  that  the  account  is  correct. 

Thanking  you  for  your  good  attention  to  this. 


Yours  very  truly, 


V/LC/'IS 


L.®SDEI!  COMPAfTY 


THE  LANSDEN  COMPANY 

Electric  Commercial  Vehicles 


Newark,  New  Jersey,  U.S.A. 

January  31,  1913. 


Mr.  Harry  F .  Miller,  Secy., 

Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Hr*  Miller: 

'He  have  received  your  letter  of  the  30th, 
to  the  effect  that  it  does  not  appear  to  you  there  is 
anything  in  our  letter  of  the  29th  showing  that  the 
Boettger  people  were  promised  anything  hy  the  old 
lansden  Company  further  than  the  offer  to  furnish  them 
four  countershaft  ends  of  chrome  niokel  steel. 

In  our  letter  we  thought  we  made  it  clear 
that  the  correspondence  would  indicate  how  the  matter 
had  apparently  been  worked  up  to  the  point  where  these 
people  had  been  promised  the  new  type  of  countershaft. 

This  matter  will  be  taken  up  with  Mr.  Kinsey, 
vfao  is  familiar  with  it,  because  we  reoall  that  he  in¬ 
sisted  that  we  ought  to  make  good  what  had  been  agreed 
to  these  people,  that  is,  to  put  in  the  new  type  of 
oountershaft. 

You  well  know  -that  we  would  not  have  gone  to 
this  expanse  of  our  own  free  will.  V7e  were  simply 
forced  into  it  on  the  understanding  that  the  Boettger 
people  had  been  promised  the  new  type  of  oountershaft, 
anl  we  felt  there  was  nothing  for  us  to  do  but  to  go 
ahead  on  this  basis  and  give  them  the  countershafts  at 
the  least  possible  cost. 

Furthermore,  we  made  every  effort  that  we 
oould  to  make  the  Boettger  people  pay  for  them,  or  at 
least  a  good  part  of  it,  but  we  were  only  successful 
in  a  very  small  degree,  as  you  know. 

The  whole  point  is  that  when  we  took  hold  of 
the  business  we  understood  from  those  who  were  then  in 
oharge  that  this  work  had  been  promised,  and  that  we 
had  to  do  it,  othe rwi se ,  you  may  rest  assured,  we  would 
not  have  done  it;  anl  we  consider  thiB  simply  as 


THE  LANSDEN  COMPANY 


#2  H.  F.  M.  1-31-13 


another  one  of  those  instances  in  which  oertain  promises 
had  been  made  that  the  Company  would  he  held  to,  these 
promises  having  heen  made  before  we  took  control  of  the 
busine  ss. 


As  stated,  the  writer  will  take  the  matter  up 
with  Mr.  Kinsey  at  the  first  opportunity,  aid  write  you 
further  about  it. 

Yours  very  truly, 

THE  LAHSDE1T  COMPANY 

Gonoral  Manager. 


7/LC.SS 
Enos . 


THE  LAKSDEN  COMPANY 


Electric  Commercial  Vehicles 

Newark  ,  New  Jersey,  U.S.A. 


February  6,  1913. 


Mr.  H.  F.  Miller,  Seoy., 

Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Miller: 

This  morning  is  the  first  opportunity  I  have  had  to 
discuss  the  BOETTOER  SILK  FIHISHIHG  00.  matter  with  Mr.  Kinsey. 

VZhile  Mr.  Kinsey  oouia  not  dive  us  any  speoifio 
statement  as  to  just  how  it  oame  about  that  the  Boettger  people 
were  promised  a  new  type  of  Countershaft,  he  is  sure  that  some¬ 
body  promised  this  to  the  Boettger  people  before  we  took  over 
the  Company. 


Mr.  Kinsey's  recollection  is  somewhat  like  the  writer's 
a  little  bit  hazy  -  in  this  regard,  but  he  does  recall  the  fact 
that  somebody  agreed  to  take  oare  of  these  people,  and  to  give 
them  a  countershaft  which  would  be  satisfactory,  and  he  also 
remembers  that  on  Christmas  Eve  when  va  turned  over  to  Mr.  Hoffman 
the  §200.00  -  with  which  you  are  familiar  -  that  Mr.  Hoffman  then 
said  that  we  would  have  to  make  good  on  these  machines,  as  we  had 
agreed  to,  and  to  give  them  the  new  type  of  Countershaft,  because 
the  old  ones  simply  would  not  stand  up.  Mr.  Kinsey  says  there 
is  no  doubt  but  what  the  Company  had  agreed  to  give  the  Boettger 
people  certain  speed  and  oertain  mileage  and  that  the  machines 
could  not  stand  up  and  do  this  work  with  the  old  flat  blade  type 
of  countershaft  with  which  they  were  equipped. 

You  will  appreciate  it  is  difficult  when  such  things 
are  not  reduced  to  writing  to  give  all  the  details  a  long  time 
after  the  transaction,  aid  yon  will  also  appreciate,  we  believe, 
that  we  would  not  have  done  this  work  of  our  own  accord,  and  as  ' 
stated  to  you,  we  simply  did  it  because  we  were  forced  to  do  it. 

In  fact,  Mr.  Urban  threatened  to  sue  Mr.  Edison  if  we  did  not 
put  in  the  new  type  of  oountershaft. 

We  think  this  explanation  makes  the  matter  clear  to 
you,  but  if  it  does  not,  we  would  be  glad  to  have  you  talk  it 
over  with  Mr.  Kinsey  at  any  time  you  see  him. 

Yours  very  truly, 

THE  LABS  DEE  CCjMEAHY 

t^_-^Gene£ai  Manage  r. 


WLC/SS 


April  22,  1913. 
BAB- 9- 343 


Mr.  H.  F.  Miller: 

I  am  enclosing  herewith  hills  which  you  questioned 
with  the  Lansden  Company,  and  I  am  0.  K  ing  all  of  them. 

X  have  Just  returned  from  the  Bans den  Company  and 
saw  from  their  hooks  that  theBoettger  Silk 

shows  on  the  Bans den  Company  hooka  a  oost  of  $696.84  ne 

You  will  notice  hy  these  two  accounts  that  Case  has 
with  the^Bansden°Company^wasitoSpaySfor^these^hills°and  only  go 

Sf,S?  rs  2WKLS  SJoJSi  tl  Ih.  Mix.  W  — 

v._  _xoV,t  tell  Mr.  EdiBon  that  the  LanBden  Company 

SKSSfiSaSafo JS. nss  s  ... 

one  production. 

I  expect  to  see  the  Lansden  Company  move *°  ' 

*end  that  wemlkl  lettlement  without  any  further  misunderstanding. 


Marshall  Van  Winkle 

COUNSELLOR  AT  LAW 


HE  Lgl  COMPANY  _ 


Edison  labroatoiy. 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Bear  Sirs:- 

3 7  an  order  made  Tuly  l,  1913  Mr.  George  paddock  of 
Newark,  >t8*  jersey  was  appointed  receiver  of  lansden  Company 
by  Honorable  TosePh  Cross,  Judge  of  the  united  States  W strife 
Court  for  the  District  of  'jew  jersey. 

I  an  the  counsol  for  tne  receiver  ana  ao  such  have 
come  into  poasesBion  of  accounts  showing  the  bills  receivable 
of  said  corporation. 

The  accounts  show  that  you  are  indebted  to  the  cor¬ 
poration  in  the  sum  of  $59.24. 

Please  send  check  for  the  account,  made  out  to  }fr. 
George  paddock  ceceiver  or  to  myself  as  a  counsel  for  the  re¬ 
ceiver. 

Your  prompt  attention  to  this  matter  will  bo  appre¬ 
ciated. 

Your3  truly, 


'Counsel'  for  55 c oiv or* 


Edison  General  File  Series 

1913.  Battery,  Storage  -  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  (E-13-1  ) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  business  of  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Co.  Included  are  correspondence 
and  interoffice  communications  concerning  the  procurement  of  supphes  an 
services  the  pursuit  of  customers,  and  schedules  for  pricing.  Among  the 
corespondents  are  company  stockholders  Arthur  I.  p^rt°n 'r 

William  S.  Pilling,  and  J.  Linton  Thompson,  executor  of  the  estate  of  Robert 
W.  Thompson. 

Approximately  20  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  Most 
of  the  selected  documents  reflect  Edison’s  direct  involvement  n  he 
company's  administrative  and  financial  affairs.  The  metenal  not  se'ected 
consists  primarily  of  routine  interoffice  communications  and  other  items 
relating  to  sales  and  marketing. 


X-J 

^  January  ZJ,  1913. 


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Mr.  Edison: 

In  order  to  keep  myself  on  record  as  kicking  about  if  tie  iron 
coming  from  Silver  lake,  we  are  still  continuing  having  very  had  iron. 

The  loading  is  getting  to  he  more  of  a  proposition  each  day. 
last  night  about  7  o'clock  we  had  another  fire  started  with  the  iron 
and  we  find  it  necessary  to  continue  keeping  tho  amount  of  help  in 
this  department  in  order  to  keep  up  our  production. 

At  the  present  time  we  have  35  more  men  in  the  Iron  loading 
Department  than  necessary  for  our  produotion.  There  were  times  when 
we  had  40  men  more  than  necessary  on  account  of  the  very  poor  quality 
of  iron. 


I  have  written  on  various  occasions  regarding  this  hut  there 
seems  to  he  no  improvement  in  the  iron.  Mr.  Miller  is  familiar  with 
these  conditions  and  promises  each  time  to  give  us  better  results, 
hut  so  far  we  have  experienced  none. 

I  am  sending  a  copy  of  this  to  Mr.  Miller  at  Silver  lake. 


RAB/EEB 


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pcW'tyol/Qi^2sitec\ iary_4ih-,_X91S._ 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co.  , 

Orange ,  N.  J. 


Dear  Sirs,- 

You  will  find,  enolOBed,  certifioatea  of 
the  capital  stock  of  your  company,  aa  follows 

No.  55,  for  125  shares ; 

Nob.  56  to  60,  for  100  shares  each, 

or  a  total  of  625  shares,  in  the  name  of  Lee,  Kretschmar 
&  Co. ,  hy  whom  all  of  the  certificates  are  endorsed. 

Will  you  kindly  have  these  625  shares  trans¬ 
ferred  to  the  name  of 

FLORENCE  A.  V.  TWOMBLY. 

One  certificate  for  the  626  chares  will  he  acceptable,  hut 
if  you  prefer  to  make  six  certificates,  as  at  present,  you 
may  do  so.  Please  send  the  new  certificate  to  Mrs. 

'  Twombly  ,  at  this  office. 


Enclosures. 


Yours  truly, 

ESTATE  OP  H.  McK.  TWOMBLY. 
Per 


P.8.  Will  you  also  kindly  send  Mrs.  Twombly  any  reports 
or  statements  that  you  may  have  concerning  the  company,  and 
its  business? 


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Gurney  Elevator  Commny 


Gurney  Building 
62  &  64  West  45™  Street,  New  York 

February  5th,  1913. 


A.  E.  Meadoworoft,  Esq. 

Thnmnn  A.  E 


Orange,  H.  J. , 


My  dear  Meadowcroft: 

From  our  factory  at  Honesdale ,  Pa. , 
we  have  placed  an  order  Ho.  18474  dated  Jany  38th,  -with  the 
Edison  Storage  Battery  Company,  Orange,  H.  J.,  for  3  B-3  Ig¬ 
nition  Batteries,  5  oell,  volts,  40  AH,  with  3  A  steel 
lock  boxes,  and  we  were  advised  under  dated  of  Jany  31st,  the 
letter  being  signed  "W.  G.  See,  Manager  of  Sales",  that  it 
would  take  six  weeks  to  get  them. 

Is  it  not  possible  to  hurry  these 
batteries  out  in  advance  of  the  promised  date  of  delivery? 

Tie  are  extremely  anxious  to  get  these  batteries  at  the  ear¬ 
liest  possible  date,  as  a  very  important  experiment  is  being 
held  up  in  the  meantime  at  our  factory,  and  I  shall  appreciate 
personally  anything  you  can  do  to  hurry  these  batteries  along. 


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My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  am  giving  you  herewith  a  memorandum  oonoeming  the  Tuhe 
Loading  Machine!  whi!h  we  are  now  having  built  outside.  I  thought 
^  -  a  Va  n-P  ATARt  to  VOTL  End  X  DOW  Wl.Sll  W0  WOllld.  DO  ID  & 

other  work.  . 

I  » Late.the'low  coat  per  machine  to  the  fact  that  X 
a  good  system  of  inspection. 

"American  Machine  &  Pdry.  Co.  •  b  Dills  ^“LVthllir 
than  $46.00  per  machine  up  to  March  1st.  The  hulk  of  their 
woS  is  done  and  they  are  nearly  ready  to  commence  as semb- 
i Darts*  Pleas©  not©  also  that  somo  of  this  cost 
has^gone  toward  new  and  improved  tools  which  will  oheapen 
the  Toll  of^suhsequent  machines  to  he  huilt  -  these  include 
an  assembling  device  which  will  greatly  reduce  the  time  on 
assembling. 

"Allowing  American  Moh.  &  Pdry.  Co.  a  liberal  maximum  of 
$150.00  per  machine  assembled,  we  will  surely  be  able 
keep  the  cost  within  $400.00  per  machine,  as  compared  with 
$872.56  each  for  the  last  fifty  machines. 

"In  addition  to  the  above  $150.00  allowed  American  Machine 
&  Pdry  Co.  the  oost  is  estimated  as  follows. 


Known  post  i 


Sohaum  &  Uhlinger 
W.  E.  Ellis  Co 
A.  &  P.  Brown  Co 
H.  J.  Williams 
Cullman  Co 
Sharlow  Bros 
Arguta  Bearing 
B/B  Bearings 
Ellwood  Ivins 


30.00 

2.63 

1.90 

1.50 

.55 

1.15 

.50 

6.00 


Estimated  liberally  per  maqhine 
Crown  optical  uo.  L&M $I67ocT 
Sloan  &  Chaoe  I*M  3.00 
Lab.  &  Phono  &  E.S.B.Co. 
Excepting  Hoppers  L&M  5.00 

Hoppers  L&M  4.00 

Commercial  Parts  6.00 

lamps  &  Hatchets 


Summary  per  machine 

American  Machine  &  Pdry  Co. ( estimated) 
Miscellaneous 

Known  oosts  - 


I  expect  to  make  a  similar  showing  as  compared  with 


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Certified  Public  Accountants 

55  Liberty  Street 
New  York 


Mr.  Harry  Killer,  Secretary, 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Compan; 

Orange,  Hew  Jersgy. 

Dear  Mr.  Hiller 

I  do  not  know  whether  you 

contemplate  having  an  audit  made  this  year  of  the  ac¬ 
counts  of  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company.  If 

you  do  contemplate  having  an  examination  made,  we  shall 


he  glad  to  undertake  it. 

I  hope  that  the  system  is  working  out  satis¬ 
factorily  and  that, whether  we  do  any  work  for  you  or 
not, you  will  be  sure  to  let  us  know  if  there  are  any 
suggestions  or  any  explanations  you  need  in  connection 
with. the  accounts. 


Sincerely  yours, 


WKl/S 


PILLING  8<  CRANE 

RON.  STEEL. ORES.  COAL. COKE 
REAL  ESTATE  TRUST  BUILDING 
3 ROAD  &  CHESTNUT  STREETS 


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Mr .  Thomas  A.  Edison,  President,  l  * 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Company,,  i ,  1- 

Orange ,  New  Jersey.  ^ 


May  2,  1913. 

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My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

Under  date  of  November  12,  last,  Mr. 
Miller  was  kind  enough  to  send  me  a  statement  showing 
the  progress  of  the  company,  which  certainly  hud  been 
making  very  gratifying  strides,  commencing  with  March 
of  last  year.  Till  you  kindly  send  me  any  information 
which  you  consistently  can  at  this  time  as  to  the  con¬ 
dition  of  the  company  and  its  progress  since  August, 
which  was  the  last  month  contained  in  the  statement? 

I  understand  that  you  are  having  great  success ,  both 
in  the  manufacture  and  the  sale  of  the  battery.  That 
is  your  present  output? 

Ylith  best  wishes,  I  are, 

Yourp  vory  teuijr, 

rc_J  Cy  — 

‘7.S.P. 


RAUSCHER  &  CHILDRESS  . 

BONDS  AND  UNLISTED  SECURITIES 
64  WALL  STREET 


,ov.‘  -■ 


new  York  Kay  2,  1915. 


A.  JXMSJlUUMl,  Iran.  •  i 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 

Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 


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V/e  have  heon  asked  hy  one  of  our 


customers  to  apfoto ,  for  appraisal  purposes, 
the  First  Mortgage  6>5  bonds  of  tho  Edison 
Storage  Battery  Co. 

V/e  will  greatly  appreciate  any 
information  you  may  Be  able  to  give  us  regard¬ 
ing  the  present  market  value  of  these  bonds, 
with  last  recorded  sole,  if  possible. 

Thanking  you  in.  advance  for  the 
courtesy  of  a  reply,  v/e  remain, 


Very  truly  yours. 


AC/HG 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sirs; 

You  will  please  find  herewith  oertifioate  for  twenty-five 
shares  of  stock  in  your  Company,  belonging  to  this  Estate.  Accord¬ 
ing  to  the  terms  of  the  Testator's  Will,  the  residuary  legatees  are 
Robert  H.  Thompson,  Marion  T.  Funk  and  J.  Linton  Thompson,  the  re¬ 
siduary  proportions  being  one- fourth  each  to  the  two  first  mentioned 
and  one-half  to  the  writer. 

Inasmuch  as  companies  do  not  transfer  fractional  shares, 

I  have  arranged  to  buy  one-half  share  from  Marion  T.  Funk  and  Robert 
H.  Thompson.  Kindly  transfer,  therefore,  as  under: 

Marion  T.  Funk,  six  shares 
Robert  H.  Thompson,  six  shares 
J.  Linton  Thompson,  thirteen  shares 

Surrogate's'  certificate,  showing  authority  of  the  writ¬ 
er  as  Executor,  eto.,  you  will  find  enclosed  with  the  other  papers. 

This  oertifioate,  you  will  no  doubt  wish  for  your  files.  Expense 
the  Estate  for  transfer  of  stamps,  Sf  necessary,  etc. 

Requesting  your  prompt  attention  to  this  matter,  1  re- 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 
Orange,  8.  J. 

Mr.  H.  ST.  Miller,  Treasurer, 
Dear  Mr.  Miller  : 


A.  1.  CLYMER  . 

Uu 


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May  28,  1513} 

UiL«*  yi  ft*  t 

2  TJTJSfcJEi 

(r_  ,  i  i  .#- ...  « 

I  should  fitmuch  interfiled  ’to  know  £f^  ^ 

the  further  progress  of  ^  ^h®^a®S&4*fee^ 

of  hearing  from  you.  You'  wrote  me  confidentially  Dio.  27th  last ! 

,W».: 

provided"  forjby  a  l|an  ,from_MrJ  Edison  hive  been  oompleterf  and  | 

uriJs^toMS?  ‘"“‘litltf- r 

I  t^e*  inh^tThtieTtbtt  *riislre  intended  for  the  Ford  1914  \j 

moafJ^^°Wb^"We 

.  present,  sumer.  l^tZZT  -  <r“i'1  *  * 

‘*rg* \ 

soorf'fc^e  lnoreise^^^O  (upon  completion^  new  machinery),  \ 
exclusive  of  1500  oeU^day  g.alTe?J*  by  the^rd-order.  \ 

What^ou  please,  is  the  extent  of  unfilljdorfera  at  present  7 
I  was  glad  ago,  of  the 

projected  equipment  of  B.  E.  Bucks's  Elkhar^c 


s^ngola  line  and  the 


projected  equipment,  ot.  n.  a.  — -v— - 

Lorain,  Ashland  &  Southern  By.  with  Bdison-Beag/Sars,  and  that  J 
the  cars  had  been  already  ordered:  the  former  was  expected  tojjer 


-  2  - 


in  operation  by  April  1st  nit.  and  the  latter  by  August  1st  prox. 

Bill  you  kindly  give  me  information  in  this  connection  ¥ 

I  trust  that  the  company’s  earnings  have  recorded 
a  handsome  increase  since  you  wrote  last  December,  at  which  time 
they  ran  about  $25,000.  monthly.  By-the-way,  X  wish  to  assure  you 
again  that  whatever  you  write  me  is  held  very  strictly  confidential. 

I  am  exceedingly  interested  in  all  details  that  you  so  courteously 
afford  ine  and  understand  the  necessity  of  imparting  them  to  no  one. 

It  occurs  to  me  that  there  is  a  very  large  opportunity 
for  extending  the  use  of  storage  batteries  to  all  of  the  interurban 
lines  in  the  country,  for  lighting  head-lights  and  interiors  of  cars. 

The  present  crude  method  in  use  on  the  Ohio  Electric  Ry.  running  from 
Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  (through  Van  Bert)  to  Dima,  Ohio,  would  not  be  tol¬ 
erated  on  any  third-rate  steam  line:  the  head-light  and  interior  lights 
are  operated  with  the  same  current  that  propels  the  car,  and  when  the 
car  is  well  loaded  with  passengers  the  interior  lights  (and  I  presume, 
necessarily,  the  head-light  as  well)  go  out  or  at  least  down  when  the 
oar  starts  to  leave  a  city  or  country  stop,  the  amperage  pulling  the 
voltage  down  until  the  car  has  regained  such  headway  that  the  momentum 
reduces  the  twesags  current  requirement  and  the  lights  come  up  again. 
Thus,  the  passengers  ride  in  almost  total  darkness  many  times  .and  for 
considerable  intervals,  in  course  .of  a  .run.  Besides  being  disagreeable 

generally,  all  reading  of  books,  papers,  •  business  reports,  order  books, 
and 

etc.,  is  constantly  interrupted,  there  occurs  to  me  a  more  serious 
objection,  which  I  think  the  State  and  Interstate  commerce  Commissions 
would  have  power  to  act  upon:  in  case  of  accident  or  of  cutting  off 


of  current  at  night,  particularly  on  a  severe  winter’s  night,  the 


passengers  would  find  the  car  stalled  and  they  themselves  in  utter 
(rough  ballast,  ditches  or  embankments,  etc.,) 
darkness  and  an  almost  helpless  condition,  with  no  protection  against 

a  head-on  .collision. until  lanterns  could  be  lit.  Again,  a  oar  might 

be  stalled  on  a  country  highway  crossing  on  a  dark  night,  and  a  rapidly 
approaching  automobile  might  run  into  the  traction  car,  with  several 
fatalities.  I  have  the  impression  that  interurban  lines  would  not 
be  disposed  to  instaLl  a  storage  battery  lighting  system,  voluntarily, 
considering  the  cost  prohibitive;  but  it  seems  to  me  it  should  be 
required,  legally.  I  should  be  glad  to  have  an  expression  from 
Mr.  Edison  with  reference  to  my  idea,  as  well as  your  own  opinion. 


May  I  trouble  you  to  send  me  a  copy  of  your  latest 
balance  sheet  ?  The  one  last  received  was  as  of  Feb.  29,  1912, 
and  I  presume  you  'issued  another  a  year  later  ? 

Awaiting  your  kind  advice  with  much  interest,  I  rema: 
Very  truly  yours. 

Box  351 

P.S.:  I  will  ask,  additionally,  in  .what  principal  lines  the  battery 
is  finding  the  present  greatest  favor  and  promise  of  future  large  use. 
Has  the  battery  made  any  new  records  for  speed,  distanoe,  endurance, 
power,  etc.  ? 

Hill  you  please  mail  me  one  copy  each,  of  your  latest  publical 
tions  of  Edison  battery  literature  ? 


The  Thompson  &Norris  Company 


CobriicatkdPapekand  Shipping  Casks 


COKCOltl)  &  Pkikcg  Strkets 
liRooicm.Ts’X 


H.K. 


Attention  Mr.  Miller 


Uro okiatv.N.Y;  June  4,  1913. 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Co.t 
Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sirs:- 

Ref erring  to  my  recent  letter  with  enclosure*^  would 
he  glad  to  have  the  new  certificates  at  your  earliest  convenience. 
I  wrote  you  by  registered  mail  on  May  24th  and  received  the  return 
card  in  due  course. 


7H 


Pate  &  Robb, 

Insurance 


i\/fZ 

IP 


June  17,  1913. 


Hr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  II. J. 

Dear  Sir:- 


,  C$uSk 

t: 


”,  „„„  h«  »f  “*  "*»•;  “ 

relation  «.  ten  *  «?“£ 


belonged  to  the  late  Isaac  »•  L 

„  the  estate  1.  ^o°ffi,».  " 

-  .  .^“e£.  'o«Ul  it  f  possible  “  =«‘ 


lot,  of  otock  .Kiel,  a-  »#«  t«*  ■ 

*  tenon  nit*  ee-  -  -  *  “ 

“  °,a"  m  «--«*«»■ - 

s.oeiroi  „  aiv.aena  en  t»i.  stook.  •«  «  *-  —» -« 
Tnonkins  you  for  the  oourteoy  of  .  reply.  I  J* 


Yours  very 


PILLING  &  CRANE 

iron,  steel, ores. coal, coke 
REAL  ESTATE  TRUST  BUILDING 
BROAD  a  CHESTNUT  STREETS 

Philadelphia  June  25,  1913. 


Mr.  H.  F.  Miller, 
Edison  Laboratory, 
Orange,  New  Jersey. 


Dear  Sir; 

I  have  your  favor  of  the  24th  instant,  and 
would  say  in  reply  that  I  should  not  he  interested  in 
buying  Battery  stock  just  now.  I  thank  you,  however, 
for  calling  ny  attention  to  the  natter. 

’’/ill  you  kindly  mention  to  Mr.  Mallory  that 
I  find  that  I  shall  not  be  able  to  attend  the  Directors' 
Meeting  at  Orange  tomorrow?  Some  matters  have  developed 
here  which  will  prevent  me  from  leaving. 


Yours  very  truly. 


bean  delayed  in  responding  to  it  by  abaonoo 
from  the  city.  The  matter  was,  howevor, 
looked  into  promptly  by  my  office,  and  I 
have  called  your  letter  particularly  to  the 
attention  of  the  officiala  of  the  electric 
companieo.  I  am  very  glad  to  hear  from 


you  on  thie  subject,  and  shall  take  pleasure 


xM.VCK.YV  &  COMPANY” 


June  25,1913 


H.  V.  Millar,  Esq.,  Troasursr, 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sir: 

We  have  your  favor  of  June  23rd,  and  ae  requested  we  enclose 
herewith  a  certified  copy  of  the  will  of  Isaac  R.  Robinson. 

In  reply  to  your  request  for  a  certified  copy  of  the  order  of 
the  Surrogate  or  Probata  Judge  appointing  the  Executors,  we  beg  to  advise 
that  tho  Executors  inform  us  that  the  Probate  Court  of  the  Town  of  South 
Kingston  consists  of  five  individuals,  who  compose  the  Town  Council  and 
sit  as  a  Probate  Court,  that  no  Judge  sits  at  the  meetings  and  that  all 
of  the  other  corporations  who  have  transferred  stocks  have  been  satisfied 
with  the  regularity  of  this  procoading,  among  thorn,  the  American  Sugar 
Refining  Co.,  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  American  Coal  Products  Co. 
American  Beet  Sugar  Company,  all  New  Jersey  corpfttions. 

Very  truly  yours, 

/ 


BERG  STORAGE  BATTERY  CAR  CO. 

HUDSON  TERMINAL  BUILDING 

30  CHURCH  STREET 
NEW  YORK 

June  26,  1913. 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Company, 

Orange,  II.  J  i 

Bear  Sirs: 

We  have  received  some  inquiries  from  Western  parties 
for  figures  on  storage  Battery  oars.  In  their  letters' they 
suggest  the  Edison  Battery,  and  if  we  cannot  furnish  same  to 
give  them  the  reason  why  we  are  using  another  Battery  instead  of 
the  Edison.  They  also  wish  to  know  the  differente  in  efficiency, 
cost,  maintenance,  durability  and  cost  per  mile  Between  the  two 
Batteries.  As  we  prefer  not  to  get  into  these  arguments  or 
controversies,  we  would  much  prefer  to  Be  able  to  write  our 
people  that  we  oould  furnish  them  with  an  Edison  Battery  or  any 
other  make  they  might  suggest.  This  is  the  practice  that  we 
follow  at  the  Commercial  Truck  Company's  works,  whioh  the  writer 
is  oonneoted  with,-  and  would  like  to  knew  if  you  are  in  position 
to  furnish  Batteries  for  storage  Battery  street  cars  to  any  one 
who  wants  to  Buy  them. 

i  in  advance  for  an  early  reply,  we  remain 
Yours X  ary.  truly, 

mm  __ 

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The  Thompson  &Norris  Company 

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BuooiamTOC 


Attention  K.  F.  Hiller." 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. , 

Orange,  II.  J. 

Gentlemen: - 

Enclosed  find  two  receipts  -  one  for  Certificate  #107  for 
six  shares  receipted  for  By  Uarion  Thompson  funk  and  the  other  receipt 
for  Certificate  #108  for  six  shares  receipted  for  hy  RoBert  H. Thompson. 

?  Bond  #316  in  the  name  of  RoBert  H.  Thompson  and  Bond 

also  received,  in  the  name  of  Marion  Thompson  Funk. 

The  above  is  from  the  Estate  of  RoBert  H.  Thompson,  delivered 
to  myself  and  sister  by  J.  Linton  Thompson,  Executor. 

The  addresses  to  which  you  will  send  all  communications  re¬ 
garding  the  above  are  as  follows: 

.  Marion  Thompson  Funk  -  654  East  17th  St.  ,  Brooklyn 
RoBt.  H.  Thompson  212  Concord  Street, Brooklyn. 


COPY 


Juno  28,  1913. 


T.-  E.  Clarke,  Esq. , 
Assistant  to  President, 
D.L.&.W.R.R. 

Scranton,  Pa. 


Friend  Clarke 


I  enclose  a  note  from  our  Mr.  Thompson 
to  our  Ur.  Bee  in  regard  to  storage  batteries  on  rail¬ 
road  cars, about  which  you  and  1  have  had  a  little 
correspondence.  This  is  one  of  our  inside  memoranda,  but 
I  thought  I  would  send  it  tdi  you  just  as  it  is  for  your 
information. 

We  know  \7e  are  right  on  this  proposition, 
so  with  your  permission  we  are  going  to  worry  the  boys 
some  on  this  subject. 

Referring  to  the  last  two  sentences  of  Mr. 
Thompson's  memorandum^ I  don't  know  whether  there  is 
anything  in  it,  but  if  there  is, why  should  we  not  be 
considered  also.  My  Cement  Plant  alone  gave  the  D.L.&\W.R.R. 
Co.,  twenty  three  thousand  cars  in  the  last  twelve  months 
To  say  nothing  of  the  3hipment3  made  by  the  Phonograph 
works  and  the  Storage  Battery  Co.  However,  this  is  a 


side  issue  from  the  real  merits. 


"?3‘ 

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Yours  very  truly, 


Thomas  a.  Edison. 


ft/ 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


£tat«  of  pod*  Roland  and  gmUnut  plantations. 

■■■■WASHH1GTON . .  so- 

rnOBATE  COUBT  OF  THE  TOWN  OF . SOUTH-  KXJTGSTO\VH. . 


!_ . Howard  B. ....  Perry.. . .  Clerk  of  said  Court,  hereby  certify 

that  at  a  session  of  said  Court,  lioldon  at . Wakefield . ,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of 

Abril  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  iiino  hundred  and  .thirteen 

the  last  will  and  testament  of  Isaac  R*.  P.obinsozi' 

lute  of  said.  South  Kingstown- . deceased,  testate,  was  duly  proved  and  allowed,  and  letters 

testamentary  thoroon  issued  to.  Ellen  Pate  Robinson  and  William  CT.  Pate 


the  oxecut  ore: . therein  named,  who  accepted  said  trust  and  gave  boud  to  the  acceptance  of 

said  Court  for  tho  due  performance  of  said  trust  according  to  law. 

I  also  certify  that  it  appears  by  tho  records  and  files  of  said  Court,  that  said  lottors  are  now 


cUt  Mu-**- 


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July  26,  1913. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Dear  Slr:- 

A  Special  meeting  of  Directors  of  Edison 
Storage  Battery  Company  will  he  held  at  the  office  of  the 
Company,  lakeside  Avenue,  Orange,  I!-J.  on  Thursday,  July 
31,  1913,  at  11  o’clock  A.  H.  for  the  purpose  of  electing 
Mr.  Harrison  Thompson  as  Third  Vice  President  of  the  Company. 
There  will  he  no  other  business  done  at  this  meeting. 

Tours  truly. 

Secretary. 


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y^\xV  (}•/  5dtti*Uw  $«  Witiiilrftek  ?lntfite  ^ISH.nnn. 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. , 

West  Orange,  H.J. 


Gentlemen 

The  hank  examiner  has  criticized  us  severely  about  the  Edison 
Companies  loans,  claiming  that  as  they  are  in  the  interest  of  one  per¬ 
son  they  are  excessive,  according  to  the  amount  of  our  capital  and 
surplus,  and  he  has  requested  us  to  have  them  materially  reduced  when  due. 

Your  attention  is  oaUed  to  the  note  of  $18,0UU.  falling  due 
August  9th,  1913. 

Yours  very  truly, 


Cashier. 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. 


Orange,N.  J.,U.  S.A. 

July  29th,  1913. 


Mr.  Harry  P.  Miller, 
Orange,  H •  J* 


At  the  special  meeting  of  the  Kaison 
Storage  Battery  Company,  which  is  called  to  he  held  at  its 
office.  Lakeside  Avenue,  Orange,  Hew  Jersey,  on  Thursday, 
July  31,  1913,  at  11  o'clock,  A.  M.  of  which  meeting  you 
have  had  notice,  there  will  also  he  presented  for  approval 
a  contract  hy  the  Company  with  the  Westinghouse  Electric 
and  Manufacturing  Company  for  170  battery  charging  panels. 

Yours  very  truly, 

/ 


7m&) 


CENTRAL  SERVICE 
CORPORATION 

141  BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


ROBERT  T.  LOZIER 
VICE  PRESIDENT 


July  29,  1913. 


d 


William  H.  Headowcroft,  Secretary, 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 

ORANGE,  New  Jersey. 

IJy  dear  Headowcroft 

I  find  on  my  return  a  letter  from 
Andrews,  together  with  framed  picture  of  Mr. 
Edison,  looking  out  at  the  new  storage  tottery 
factory. 

I  am  very  glad  to  get  this  picture, 
and  wish  to  thank  you  for  your  personal  interest 
in  the  matter . 

With  very  Best  wishes,  Believe  me 


Very  truly  yours, _ 


,CrOVi/ 


to  he, 


Ur.  Wm.  Meadowcroft,  Secy., 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 

Orange,  N..J. 

Dear  Sir: 

I  am  in  receipt  of  notice  of  a  special  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  to  he  held  on  Thursday  next,  hut  owing  to 
absence  1  shall  he  unahle  to  attend. 


Lybrand  Ross  Bros.  &.  Montgomery 

Certified  Public  Accountants 

55  Liberty  Street 


2nd  August,  IS 13. 


.  Hurry  Hiller, 

Cure  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Ornnge,  Hew  Jersey 
nr  Ur .  Hiller 


eminution 
Company  since  the 
assume  that  the  account 


^  *ftr*Cnt 

t  w SL^r**^* 

I  think  v;e  have--fio|"^aae  an^  j»y  ^  Ji-CL 
accounts  ox  th^^isorTstort^Bat^r^,^-^^ 

3  new  system  was  •putirrjh)  efiect.  1  / 

alia  i,  1 


2  running  aloi 


or  otherwise  v;e  v/oula  have  haa  some  inquiries  from  you. 

IS  there  any  prohat ility,  however,  that  will 

want  to  have  the  accounts  examined  regular xy ,  and/  certified 
statements  prepared?  I  do  not  want  to  troubl/him  unncces. 
surily ,  hut  if  you  tninJc  he  would  oe  interest/a  X  will  v.rx.e 
to  him  direct. 


Very  truly  yours, 


V.Wihi 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  xi.  J- 

Dear  Sir:- 

A  special  meeting  of  the  Edison 
Storage  Battery  Company,  will  he  held  at  its  office.  Lake¬ 
side  Avenue,  orange,  hew  Jersey,  on  Tuesday,  August  12th, 
1913,  at  11  o’clock,  A.  M.  for  the  purpose  of  electing 
William  0.  Bee  as  second  Vice  President  of  the  company. 
There  will  be  no  other  business  done  at  this  meeting, 
xours  very  truly. 


/ 


secretary. 


The  Edison  Storage  Battery  Co 


Orange,  11.  J. 


Gentlemen: - 


In  accordance  with  the  kind  directions  of  your  Ur.  Thomas  A. 
Edison  vie  have  for  you  the  following  order: 


QUANTITY  AND  ARTICLE:  Your  entire  requirements  of  LITHIUK  HYDRATE  during  five  years 
from  date  of  first  delivery  (which  is  to  bo  made  not  later  than  Jan. 1,1914),  not  less 
than  sixteen  (16)  tons  per  year  nor  more  than  one  hundred  and  thirty  three  (133)  tons 


QUALITY: 

PHICE: 


As  per  sample  which  has  been  furnished  py  you. 

$.98  per  lb.  of  dry  LITHIUM  HYDRATE,  F.O.B.  Orange,  H.J. 

Net  thirty  days  or  leas  1$  discount  for  ca3h  in  ton  days. 

Not  less  than  one  and  one-third  (1-1/3)  tons  per  month  nor 
more  than  eleven  (11)  tons  per  month. 

If  you  abandon  the  use  of  LITHIUM  HYDRATE  you  are  to  give  us 
six  calendar  months’  notice  of  your  intention  to  do  so.  After 
which  time  you  will  not  be  obliged  to  take  any  further  supplies. 


The  LITHIUM  HYDRATE  furnished  you  under  this  contract  is  to  be 
used  by  you  for  your  own  manufacturing  purposes  and  is  not  to 
be  resold.  The  LITHIUM  HYDRATE  is  to  be  delivered  to  you  moiBt, 
containing  approximately  50;l  of  water.  Invoices  are  to  be  on 
the  basis  of  quantity  of  dry  LITHIUM  HYDRATE. 

Prom  and  after  the  date  on  which  this  contract  goes  into  effect 
the  contract  of  May  11,1912,  for  LITHIUM  CARBONATE  is  to  be  oon 
sidered  cancelled. 

Faithfully  yours, 

MERCK  &  CO . 

By  Goo.Merck?Pres. 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 


By _ Thos.  A.  Edison - Pros. 


V'  \v\n.  ,  ^o<jLiragv— .  — « —  * 

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EDISON  STORAGE  BATTERY  CO. 


September  2nd,  1913 
AM- 1-4957 


Mr •  Harry  E .  Miller : - 


1  beg  to  hand  you  herewith  note  of  the 
Atlantic  Vehicle  Company  for  $5839.35. 


When  Mr.  DaviSBon  of  our  Service  Department 
secured  this  note  he  did  so  with  the  understanding  that  the 
note  would  not  be  discounted  in  the  East.  This  is  the  note 
regarding  which  1  spoke  to  you  over  the  telephone  this 
morning.  / 

ARTHHfl  MJDD  . 


1  eno. 


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vn 


Ca/iifol  <$000,000.  $0 00*900. 

'/^eMsa/6$7fe/  October  2nd,  1913. 


Mr.  H.  P.  Miller,  Treasurer, 

EdiBon  Storage  Battery  Co., 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Bear  Sir:- 

We  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your 
favor  informing  ub  of  the  appointment  of  Mr. 

Eugene  H.  Philips  as  Assistant  Secretary  of  Edison 
Storage  Battery  Co. 

Enclosed  please  find  card  for  his  official 

signature. 


rery  truly  yours, 


WALTCR  JAPWit, 


FE® JUS*  SOAP 
stork’s,  like  Juice 
FIXIT 


Bouton,  Mass.  October  £7th,  1913- 


Mr*  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Orange,  H.  J. 


Dear  Slr:- 


I  received  thin  morning  an  announcement  from  your  Bocrotary 
that  there  would  be  an  annual  moating  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Edison 
Storage  Battery  Go-  at  the  office  of  the  company  at  'Vest  Orange,  N.  J-, 
Monday  Hovember  3rd,  1913,  with  a  request  that  I  fill  out  and  return  a 
proxy  if  I  was  unable  to  be  present  in  person-  Enclosed  you  will  find 
said  proxy  made  out  in  your  name  constituting  you  attorney  and  agent  for 
me  as  Executor  of  the  Estate  of  ’.Valter  Janvier* 


WHJ/R. 

Eno- 


Yours  respectfully. 


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November  12,1913. 


Mr.  H.P.  Miller,  Treasurer, 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Company, 

Orange,  N.J.  ■ 

Dear  Sir: 

I  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your 
favor  of  the  10th  November,  in  which  you  enclose 
balance  sheet  and  statement  of  earnings,  for  which 
please  accept  my  thanks. 

I  wish  to  congratulate  you  and  the  oth¬ 
er  officers  of  the  Company  on  the  good  results  which 
you  have  been  obtaining  and  hope  that  the  future 
will  continue  to  be,  at  least  as  satisfactory  as  the 
recent  past. 


May  I  ask  whether  the  new  building  has 
been  finished  and  whether  this  portion  of  the  plant 
is  now  being  used.  1  suppose  when  you  get  into  full 
operation  in  this  new  department,  the  financial  re¬ 
sults  will  be  even  more  satisfactory. 


November  17,  1913 


Mr.  H.  E.  Bucklen, 

Chicago,  Ill. 
Dear  sir  : 


Being  interested  in  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. , 

I  was  glad  to  read,  in  the  Fort  ffiayne  Journal -Gazette  of  Feb.  22, 
1913,  that  you  had  arranged  to  equip  your  St.  Joseph  Valley  B-R 
with  an  Edison  storage  battery  car  and  would  have  the  same  in 
operation  by  April  1.  May  I  courteously  inquire  whether  this 
plan  was  carried  out,  and  with  what  success  ?  j  should  be  much 
interested  to  know  your  impressions  of  the  Edison  battery  car  8nd 
how  many  of  them  you  now  operate  or  expect  to  use.  Awaiting 
your  kind  reply,  I  beg  to  remain 
Box  331  Very  respectfully  yours. 


Urti/Uj.  Swur  /%Z 


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Edison  Storage  Battery  Co^> 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Mr.  H.  P.  Miller,  Treasurer, 

Dear  Mr.  Miller  : 

”  \\1  r- 

Upon  receipt  of  your  circular  m 
of  stockholders’  annual  meeting  called  for  3d  insty 
pleased  to  enclose  my  proxy 


vypf 

favor  cf  Mr.  Edison. 

I  should  be  much  intereste^to  lejjp, 
sting,. 


jonfidentially,  what  business  was  transacted  at'Vhe 
how  the  new  buildings  are  progressing,  and  t^e  ^ 

cells  we  are  now  manufacturing  daily.  A 
we  are  now  making,  net,  monthly. 

How  is  the  general  depress 
orders  ?  I  presume  we  could  not  be  expected 
amount  of  unfilled  orders  non  that 

I  recently  attended  t. 

Electrical  Engineers  of  America,  in  Chicago,  and 


ie  mjjflSev  «£ 

^nha6^pt^p’ j  \ 


A 


easure  of  calling  upon  your  Mr.  Prayer  at  hJ^Sfce.  \  ^ 
Having  had  considerable  experience  \ 

,  advertising,  I  am  in  position  to  appreciate  your  recent  ad 
i  the  Scientific  American,  which  I  found  to  be  exceptfonally 
ttractive  and  impressive. 


Xours  very  truly. 


The  Thompson  &Tstorkis  Company 


CimcmiGiAnncn  ltansu  Asn>  Shippixg  Casks 


COXCOltD&PlHNCE  Strkkts 


Bkookkw»vN7K 


Brookia’IS’.M  uec.5,1913. 


Mr.  H.  M.  Miller,  Treaa. 

Edison  Storage  Mattery  Co., 

Orange,  N.  J . 

Dear  Mr.  Miller, 

Referring  to  your  favors  of  the  28th  ult. 
and  the  2nd  inst.,  you  will  find  herewith  bond  Mowers  signed 
and  witnessed  as  requested. 

Thanking  you  for  your  kindness  in  this 
matter,  and  awaiting  the  bonds  by  express  in  due  course. 


LORAIN,  ASHLAND  \  SOUTHERN  RAILROAD  C 


December  9,  1913. 


Ur.  A.  I.  Clymer, 

Van  wert,  0. 

Dear  Sir: 

X  have  your  favor  of  November  17 . 

The  LORAIN,  ASHLAND  ft  SOUTHERN  RAILROAD  has  had  one 
of  the  Edison-Beach  'storage  battery  cars  in  eervice  since  April, 
last,  and  barring  a  few  defects  in  construction  of  the  car  and 
material  used,  the  car  has  given  entire  satisfaction. 

Up  to  the  present  time  we  have  not  had  the  slightest 
difficulty  with  the  battery  or  the  operation  of  the  electrical 
machinery. 

We  contemplate  purchasing  several  more  of  these  cars. 

The  present  car  is  not  as  large  as  those  we  contem¬ 
plate  ordering.  It  can  seat  about  forty-six  people  and  con- 
'  tains  a  baggage  and  express  compartment.  It  will  run  about 
85  miles  under  one  charge. 

At  2 f<  per  kilowatt  it  is  costing  4^  per  mile  for 
power,  the  total  cost,  including  motorman,  conductor,  inciden¬ 
tals  and  repairs  to  date,  is  about  10 f!  per  mile 

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December  31st,  1913. 
RAB-9-2238 

Mr.  Edison: 

According  to  your  request  of  the  26th,  I  am  sending  you 
herewith  copy  of  instructions  sent  to  Pox,  London,  England,  Dec¬ 
ember  20th,  1911,  and  also  revised  to  December  30th,  1913. 

This  has  been  gone  over  very  carefully  by  Smith,  Ellis  and 
myself.  I  would  appreciate  if  you  would  go  over  same  and  see  if 
we  made  any  errors. 


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PRICK 

G 

COST  P 

ROSS  PROFIT' 
ROFIT  OH  COST 

10 

AUT. 

1 

AUT. 

2C 

AUT. 

L. 

2. 

AUT. 

,5; 

A-4  . 

p21. 75 

$15.76 

6.00 

38/5 

$2.18.| 

4/5  $3.26  j 

17,5 

?4-35 

10$ 

5.44 

1$ 

A-4-H 

22.25 

16.61 

5.24 

32 

2.23 

1/5 1 

3.34 

14,5 

4.45 

7,5 

6. 56*| 

5$ 

A-5 

27.00 

19.15 

7.85 

41 

2.70 

.7,5  | 

4.05 

19  ;5 

5.40 

13$ 

6.75 

$ 

A-6 

32.50 

21.98 

10.52 

48 

3.25 

33,5  | 

4.88 

26$ 

6.50 

83$ 

8.13 

11$ 

A-6-H 

33.00 

22.60 

10.40 

46 

3.30 

31,5  j 

4.95 

24,5 

6.50 

17$ 

8.25 

10$ 

A-8 

41.75 

29.08 

12.67 

44 

4.18 

29/5  | 

6.27 

22,5 

8.35 

12$ 

10.44 

7$ 

A-8-H 

42.25 

29.36 

12.89 

44 

4.23 

30/5 

6.55 

22/5 

8.45 

15$ 

10.56 

8  Jo 

A-10 

52.50 

35.47 

17.03 

48 

5.25 

33/5 

7.88 

26,5 

10.50 

18,5 

13.13 

11$ 

A-10-1 

53.00 

36.01 

16.99 

48 

5.30 

32/5  1 

7.95 

25,5 

10.60 

18,5 

13.25 

10,5 

A-X2 

62.50 

41.83 

20.67 

49 

6.25 

34/5! 

9.38 

27,5 

12.50 

20,5 

15.63 

12$ 

A-12-1 

63.00 

43.19 

19.81 

49 

6.30  31,5 

9.45 

24,5  j  12. 60 

17$ 

15.75 

9/S 

B-l-H 

7.25 

4.59 

2.66 

58 

.  73  40,5 

1.09 

34,5 

1.45 

26$ 

1.81 

12$ 

2-2 

9.50 

5.04 

4.46 

88 

.95 

70,5 

1.43 

60/5 

1.90 

51$ 

2.38 

41$ 

B-2-H 

10.00 

5.81 

4.19 

72 

1.00 

56,5 

1.50 

46,5 

2.00 

38$ 

2.50 

29,5 

B-4  i 

13.00 

6.39 

6.61 

103 

1.30 

83/5 

1.95 

71,5 

2.60 

63$ 

3.23 

53$ 

B-4-H 

13.50 

9.19 

4.31 

47 

1.35 

32.5 

2.03 

25$ 

2.70 

18$ 

3.38 

10$ 

B-6 

17.50 

12.15 

5.35 

44 

1.75 

29,5 

!  2.63 

22$ 

3.50 

15$ 

4.38 

8$ 

B-6-H 

18.00 

12.50 

6.50 

44 

1.80 

29,5 

2.70 

22$ 

3.60 

16$ 

4.50 

8$ 

G-4 

20  i  00 

13.68 

6.32 

50 

2.00 

32,5 

3.00 

24$ 

4.00 

17$ 

G-6 

28.75 

19.19 

9.56 

50 

2.88 

35,5 

4.31 

27$ 

5.75 

19$ 

G-7 

31.25 

22.01 

9.24 

42 

3.13 

28,5 

4.69 

21$ 

6.25 

14$ 

G-9 

38.75 

25.97 

12.78 

49 

3.88 

34/5 

5.81 

27$ 

7.75 

19,5 

G-ll 

45.00 

30.55 

14.45 

47 

4.50 

33;5 

6.76 

25$ 

9.00 

17/5 

G-14 

57.50 

42.32 

15.18 

36 

5.75 

23/5 

8.63 

15$ 

11.50 

9$ 

G-18 

72.50 

50.00 

20.50 

39 

7.25 

31/5 

10.88 

23$ 

14.50 

16$ 

L-20 

6.50 

3.28 

3.22 

100 

.65 

78,5 

.98 

69$ 

1.30 

59$ 

1.63 

1  48,5 

L-30 

7.75 

4.62 

3.13 

67 

.78 

51,5 

1.16 

1  43$ 

,  1.55 

34$ 

1  1.94 

26$ 

L-40 

9.25 

5.60 

3.65 

65 

.93 

49,5 

1.35 

l  40$ 

;  1.85 

32$ 

1  2.31 

.  24$ 

m 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Battery,  Storage  -  Electric  Vehicles  (E-13-13) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
commercial  and  technical  development  of  Edison's  alkaline  storage  battery  and 
its  use  in  electric  vehicles.  Several  documents  are  written  by  Edison  or  contain 
his  marginalia.  Included  are  letters  regarding  customer  development, 
advertisements,  contracts,  and  agreements.  There  are  references  to  the 
marketing  of  Edison  storage  batteries  in  the  United  States,  Canada,  and  Great 
Britain,  as  well  as  reports  concerning  the  use  of  electric  vehicles  by  Harrods, 
Ltd.,  in  London.  Some  of  the  material  pertains  to  visitors  at  the  West  Orange 
laboratory.  The  correspondents  include  Edison’s  personal  representative  and 
chief  engineer  Miller  Reese  Hutchinson,  his  former  chief  engineer  Donald  M. 
Bliss,  Robert  A.  Bachman  of  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Co.,  electrician  and 
experimenter  Walter  E.  Holland,  William  C.  Anderson  of  the  Anderson  Electric 
Car  Co.,  F.  E.  Richards  of  the  Public  Service  Electric  Co.,  and  Philip  D. 
Wagoner  of  the  General  Vehicle  Co. 

Approximately  80  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  consist  of  routine  correspondence  concerning  product 
orders,  letters  of  transmittal  and  acknowledgment,  and  duplicates  and  variants 
of  selected  documents. 


COPY 


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kb-'**#. 


January  23,  1913. 


Mr.  P.  D.  Wagoner, 

President,  General  Vehicle  Co., 

Long  I  si  and  City,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Mr.  Wagoner- 

Referring  to  the  proposed  contract 
for  batteries  for  "Battery  Service  System"  let  me  say 
that  after  mature  reflection  I  much  prefer  not  to  enter 
ipto  any  such  arrangement.  The  Hartford  case  has  given 
rise  to  trouble  with  other  manufacturers,  and  any 
extension  on  similar  lines  would  simply  mean  trouble 
multiplied. 

Yours  very  truly, 


Thos.  A.  Edison. 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. 


^Jfxomob  &£dii>aru 


Orange, N.J..U.S.A.  JwiUBX^  30th’  1913 


Mr.  P.  D.  Wagoner,  Pres., 

The  General  Vehicle  Company,  Inc., 
long  Island  City,  II.  Y. 

Pear  Mr.  Wagoner 


Referring  to  discussion  with  Mr.  Hillman  today, 
we  will  furnish  your  Company  with  as  many  Edison 
batteries  as  you  may  require  during  the  next  six 
years /it  being  understood  that  if  Mr.  Edison 
discontinues  issuing  a  guarantee  on  the  batteries, 
that  we  will  carry  out  our  agreement  as  noted  in 
exhibit  "B",*  with  the  understanding  that  the  price 
of  the  batteries  to  your  Company  shall  be  list 
with  a  discount  of  at  least  twenty  per  cent  (20$); 
but  in  any  event  the  price  shall  not  be  higher 
than  at  present;  and  the  discount  shall  be  ten 
per  cent  (10$)  greater  than  we  generally  sell 
batteries  to  Central  Stations,  Power  Companies  or 
Garages.  *  It  is  further  understood  that  the  Edison 
Storage  Battery  Company's  engineer  can  approve  the 
vehicles  and  battery  compartments  in  which  the  Edison 
Batteries  are  to  be  placed. 

The  guaranteed  life  of  any  battery  sold  as  herein 
contemplated,  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  terms 
of  the  guarantee  as  set  forth  in  Exhibits  "1"  and 
"B"  herewith  attached. 


Tours  very  truly, 

EDISON  STORAGE  BATTERY  COMPANY, 
By 


It  will  interest  Mr.  Edison  to  know  that  I  am  hack  in 


the  electric  truck  field  with  both  feet,  and  am  out  here  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  to  enlighten  the  central  stations  so  far  as  my  ex¬ 
perience  permits  me  to  do  so. 

I  am,  of  course,  shouting  for  the  Edison  battery,  for 
as  a  matter  of  fact  the  electric  truck,  in  my  opinion,  absolutely 
depends  upon  this  battery  for  economical  work  in  such  cities  as 
Pan  Francisco ,  Portland,  and  Seattle,  and  I  might  add  also,  British 
Columbia.  I  intend  to  keep  3ee  pretty  well  informed  as  to  general 
conditions  and  as  t'o  opportunities  din  the  Pacific  Coast  territory, 
and  am  writing  him  today  regarding  a  case  where  an  Edison  battery 
fell  down  in  San  Francisco,  purely  on  account  of  the  failure  on  the 
part  of  the  Waverley  factory  representative  and  the  Edison  Battery 
Co.  representative  in  seeing  that  the  battery  was  in  first-class  shape 
before  a  demonstration  was  made. 

I  am  writing  this  letter  to  you,  however,  for  on  entirely 
different  purpose.  Mr.  Fleishhacker  who  is  President  of  ithe  Anglo- 
Paris  &  London  national  Bank  of  San  Francisco,  is  on  his  way  to 
Europe,  and  at  the  time  this  letter  reached  you  will  be  at  the  Pt. 
Kegis  ff.otel  in  Hew  lork.  I  am  extremely  anxious  that  Mr.  Edison 


should  meet  him  as  well  as  that  he  should  meet  Edison.  He  is  univer¬ 
sally  conceded  to  he  the  coming  man  of  California,  -  a  bright,  big  and 
broad-minded  Hebrew,  who  with  his  brother  and  other  associates  has  much 
interest  in  hydro-electric  power.  They  own  and  control  a  very  large 
power  development  on  the  Feather  River  known  as  the  Great  Western  Power 
Company.  They  also  own  large  interests  in  Oregon  and  are  establishing 
a  large  business  in  Portland,  Oregon  for  the  sale  of  power.  I  have 
talked  with  Mr.  Eleishhackerand  told  him  that  I  would  see  that  you  got 
in  touch  with  him  while  he  is  in  Hew  York,  with  a  view  of  arranging 
for  his  going  out  to  Orange  to  see  Edison.  I  am  very  anxious  for  him 
to  do  this  before  he  goes  to  Europe.  I  am  leaving  this  entirely  to 
you  in  preference  to  taking  it  up  with  Bee,  and  I  am  sure  that  you  will 
be  glad  to  meet  Mr.  Eleishhaoker .yourself .Will  you  not,  therefore,  com¬ 
municate  with  him  immediately  on  receipt  of  this  letter,  after  you  ha  ve 
talked,  with  Mr.  Edison?  If  you  do  not  happen  to  get  him  on  the  phone 
at  the  ?t.  Regis  you  will  be  able  to  get  telephone  connection  with  him 
care  of  lazar  Freres ,  10  Wall  ?t.  by  appointment. 

I,  of  course,  want  Ur Eleiphhscker  to  go  through  the  battery 
plant  if  he  has  the  time,  for  he  will  be  largely  interested  in  battery 
development,  and  I  am  more  anxious  that  Edison  should  meet  him  on  ac¬ 
count  of  hie  standing  and  his  great  progressive  character  in  the  way 
of  commercial  development  on  the  pacific  Coast. 

Please  give  my  very  best  regards  to  Iir.  Edison,  and  tell 
him  I  was  prevented  from  getting  up  to  see  him  again  to  say  good-bye. 
Please  also  tell  him  that  I  intend  to  get  in  touch  with  every  Edison 
battery  on  the  Pacific  Coast  that  it  is  possible  for  me  to  learn  about 


and  that  I  will  keep  Bee  fully  informed.  It  will  interest  him  to 
know  that  Portland,  Ore.,  which  was  a  pioneer  in  the  electric  vehi¬ 
cle  field,  where  I  organized  an  electric  trunk  company  ten  years 
ago,  ran  from  electrics  into  the  gasoline  trucks,  hut  they  have 
now  come  hack  to  the  electrics,  which  are  doing  first-class  work 
thanks  to  the  Edison  battery. 

7/ith  best  regards  to  you  personally  and  trusting  that 
you  will  extend  to  Hr  1'leishhacke'r  every  courtesy  that  it  is  con¬ 
sistent  for  you  to  do  ,  I  am 


Very  truly  vnurs , 


I  am  quite  sua 
own  signature 


that  Mr.  Pleishhaok  would  appreciate  Hr.  Edison's 
i  one  of  his  photographs. 


HOTEL  VANCOUVER 


^  P‘ 

HOTEL  SYSTEM 


Hr.  tf.  H.  Meadowcroft, 
c/o  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Orange,  IT.  J. 

Dear  Hr.  Headowcroft: - 


^  * 


rt  '( 


.o-v  c 


I  am  mailing  Hr.  Edison  this  letter  addrease^^ 
this  way,  as  I  know  it  will  come  to  him  promptly.  '|\fvTjAJl  ./ 

Thank  you  very  much  for  your  telegram  o n^fc-Jie  j»ub jj  e  qt  #  £  ,  _.*** 

of  the  kinetophone.  I  hope  to  see  Edison  before  an^tj&'ng  hast.* 


I  hope  to  see  Sdiso 
been  done  on  the  educational  films. 

X  am  going  from  here  to  Spokane,  bui 
of  this  letter  if  you  will  write  me  and  address  it  at 
Portland  Hotel,  Portland,  Ore.,  I  will  get  it  there, 
hear  that  Edison  has  sent  the  photograph.  Edison  ^is^he 
est  man  in  the  world  to  that  big  bunch  of  electrs^femulo^ 
whom  I  have  had  the  pleasure  of  being  with  for  the  paste  tv, 
With  best  regards,  I  am 

Yours  very  truly , 

/fifC/ft-LA 

Ends. 


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HOTEL  VANCOUVER 


^  PACIF,C  Ra//  u 

HOTEL  SYSTEM  ’'Hq 


Thomas  A.  EdiBOn,  Esq, 

Orange,  E.  J. 

Dear  r.ir .  Edison:- 

X  spent  aBont  teo  paste  in  this  city  orBanisinS  tee 

Electric  vehicle  I.part,.»t  cl  the  British  Oolahhia  Electric  oc. 
xt  is  a  very  large  organite.icn  and  their  syst.t,  ci  hyiro-clectric 
pleats  and  a»il«ry  «tea»  plants  i.  a  very  large  »«  «ad  erce.d- 

ingly  interesting.  /txrn-^ 

The  history  of  their  present  immense  site»I  feel  v;rll 

be  of  interest  to  you,  and  there  is  one  thing  in  particular  v,hich 
has  impressed  me  and  that  is  the  organisation  of  the  immense  stafx 
of  employees  into  what  is  called  a  Social  Cluh ,  which  has  develops 
a  relationship  between  the  employees  and  the  Company  which  I  have  nev 
before  seen  in  my  central  station  experience. 

The  3.  0.  Electric  By.  Co.  have  given  the  upper  floors 
of  a  good  sized  building  to  their  employees  for  their  SocialClub 
T>00ms .  They  have  a  noonday  hot  lunch(which  is  a  mighty  good  one, 
served  nicely,)  for  the  sum  of  ^y  have  their  game  room, 

which  includes  all  sorts  of  good  games  such  as  cards,  domxnoes, 

”■  w  -  - — -  *  — - 

and  they  gaiter  in  iteir  «“«  “  ‘ 

Me„  „d  idciv — —■  “«* ™°ai  ~°TT 

«1  „i  dificrent  Hinds,  ..  tell  *» 

pent  t»  iteir  n»ter  *te  otter  »««  *»*  ““  °° 


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*4/1. 


HOTEL  VANCOUVER 


faith  is  in  it  since  they  have  gone  into  the  batteries  which  have 
recently  been  received  here  in  General  Electric  trucks.  I  was 
also  much  impressed  with  their  enthusiasm  and  fervor  over  the  name 
of  Edison.  Innumerable  questions  were  asked  me  as  to  your  health 
and,  of  course,  as  to  what  you  are  doing. 

One  topic  of  great  discussion  v/as  the  possible  avail¬ 
ability  of  the  moving  picture  in  an  educational  way  for  the  3.  0. 
Electric  Co's  lectures  and  meeting’s  throughout  the  winter  months. 

One  suggestion  made  was  that  their  official  photographer  might  go 
up  into  the  Selkirk  fountains  with  their  engineers,  and  that  their 
trip  which  includes  surveying,  soundings  and  other  work  connected 
with  the  development  of  power  plants,  be  photographed  and  the  whole 
subject  treated  with  the  moving  picture  in  their  lecture  room,  as 
well  as  in  their  club. 

I  am  writing  this  letter  to  you  personally  purely  because 
I  am  confident  you  will  take  an  interest  in  such  an  organization,  which 
might  very  profitably  be  imitated  throughout  the  large  power  companies 
in  the  United  States. 

I  am  mailing  you  under  separate  cover  book  and  photographs 
which  show  the  British  Columbia  Electric  Co's  building,  and  photos 
of  their  power  plant,  descriptive  of  the  systems,  etc.  1  am  also 
sending  you  some  photographs  of  their  Social  Club  which  were  taken 
on  their  "smoker"  nights.  I  am  sending  these  through  Hr.  Headowcroft 
in  order  that  they  may  come  quickly  to  your  attention,  and  I  am  go¬ 
ing  to  ask  you,  in  view  of  the  high  character  of  this  organization 


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HOTEL  VANCOUVER 
VANCOUVER.  B.O. 


and  their  high  consideration  of  Edison  and  Edison's  works,  that  you 
send  to  them  your  photograph  with  the  inscription  "Co  the  B.  0. 

Electric  Go's  Social  Club"  and  sign  your  name.  Shis  should  he  sent 
to  Ur.  0.  Hummel,  General  lianager  of  the  Power  and  Light  Department. 

I  wish  also  that  Hr.  lieadowcroft  would  write  Ur.  Hummel 
in  reference  to  how  the  B.  0,  Social  Club  should  go  to  work  to  pur¬ 
chase  a  moving  picture  outfit,  and  what  the  price  of  one  would  be. 

It  is,  of  course,  subject  to  35"  duty,  but  if  the  Edison  Uoving 
Picture  Go.  could  consistently  give  the  B.  0.  Electric  Go.  a  discount 
I  am  sure  that  these  employees  could  reciprocate  in  some  way  by  send¬ 
ing  the  moving  Picture  Go.  some  rare  films  of  work  in  what  is  probab¬ 
ly  the  most  magnificent  range  of  mountains  ih  the  world. 

I  sincerely  hope  that  this  letter  will  find  you  in  your 
usual  good  health  and  I  want  to  ask  you  as  a  personal  favor,  that 
when  you  are  ready  to  consider  contracts  for  educational  films  for 
school  work  in  Western  Canada,  that  I  have  an  opportunity  to  bring  for¬ 
ward  friends  whom  I  have  made  here  who  are  substantial  capitalists, 
and  business  men  of  Vancouver,  and  who  are  extremely  interested  in 
the  subject .  They  have  the  hent  system  of  moving  picture  theatres 
here  1  have  ever  seen.  It  would  interest  you  to  know  that  the  Edison 
photo  plays  are  greatly  looked  for.  UcDermott  is  surely  a  matinee  idol 
out  in  this  country  and  the  homes  at  the  moving  picture  theatres  are 


HOTEL  SYSTEM 


filled  every  night  with  the  elite  of  British  Columbia. 

Yours  very  trufflr, 


4vi  ,,,  ...  .  .  He  certainly  puts  it  up- to  you 

in  line  with  what  our  IQ*.  Towson.Mr .  Bacon  and  Ur. Young 
have  stated.  It  is  the  resistance  in  the  battery, -that 
is  the  ^rouble  for  pleasure  oars,  and  it  is  not  possible 
i or  any  nan  to  make  a  motor  better  than  ours  to  fit 
your  battery .  We  have  long  since  known  this  but  ■ 
regret  that  our  statements  have  not  at  all  times  had 
the  consideration  from  your  hands  that  we  believe  they 
areentitledto.  We  are  glad  we  have  Hr.  Holland  here 
to  take  up  this  matter  and  go  into  it  and  learn  what 
we  are  up  against.  We  have  certainly  opened  his  eyes 
as  we  have  turned  car  after  car  over  to  him  for  test 
and  trial,  and  a  great  many  batteries  also  ,  and  he  is 
ready  to  show  Hr.  Bachman  when  he  arrives  here  Monday, 
that  an  entirely  different  plan  must  be  worked  out 
relative  to  the  handling  of  the  batteries  that  are  out 
and  also  those  that  are  sold  in  the  future. 


Hr.  Thomas  A.  Edis 


-2- 


Our  hope  is,  there  is  going  to 
be  some  changes  made  down  there.  An  A-5  may  help  some 
and  work  on  that  type  of  cell  v/e  understand  has  started. 
Therefore  v/e  suggest  that  an  extra  effort  oe  put  on 
this  and  get  the  battery  here  at  the  very  earliest  date 
possible, so  that  we  can  give  it  a  road  test  on  the  hills 
and  in  the  snow  and  mud.  V/e  are  willing  to  go  on  record- 
however,  that  we  fear  it  is  questionable  whether  this 
type  of  battery  will  be  satisfactory  or  not.  A  smaller 
tube  battery  is  what  we  have  longed, prayed,  and  hoped 
for  and  is  the  only  solution  in  our  opinion  for  pleasure 
cars.  V/e  have  been  advised  by  Mr.  Bachman  that  you 
are  considerig  making  a  3/16"  tube.  There  must  be  a 
short  cut  way  in  your  factory  to  produce  such  a  battery 
at  an  earlier  date  than  several  months. 


V/e  expect  Ilr.  Bachman  here  Monday 
and  we  will  go  over  the  matter  further  and  he  can 
give  you  a  detailed  report. 

Hoping  this  will  find  you  well, 

I  remai  n , 

Yours  very  truly, 


Y/CA/E 

Enc(Copy) 


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Formerly  Chief  Engineer 
Laboratory  of 
THOMAS  A.  EDI SOU 
And  Allied  Companies. 


DONALD  M.  BLISS 
Consulting  Engineer 
Design  and  Production. 

SPECIAL  INVESTIGATION  and  REPORTS. 
Office.  224  Market  Street. 
Phone  7495  Market. 


The  Holtzer-Cabot  Electric  Co. 

Associate 

American  Institute  Electrical 

Engineers.  NEWARK?  H.J.  Mar.  6,1913. 


Mr.  Walter  Holland, 

c/o  Anderson  Electric  Car  Co*, 
Detroit,  Mich, 


o 

(2=5) 


My  dear  Mr.  Holland: 

I  received  a  letter  this  morning  from  Mr.  Towson, 
stating  that  he  has  been  on  a  vacation.  He  has  sent  me 
check  in  settlement  of  the  account. 


From  the  details  of  design  sent  roe  last  January 
and  the  factory  tests,  it  seems  to  me  that  they  have  a 
highly  satisfactory  motor  in  their  sise  24-L.  ““ 

incorporate  the  changes  I  Wave  suggested,  this  will  improve 
the  performance  a  little,  but  from  such  information  that  I 
have,  I  do  not  see  any  advantage  in  building  a  larger  motor. 
They  have  reached  a  point  where  additional  reduction  oi 
resistance  in  the  motor  circuits  will  represent' but  a  email 
percentage  of  the  total  resistance,  owing  to  the  battery 
resistance,  which,  of  course,  cannot  be  reduced. 

I  am  advising  Mr.  Towson  that  if  there  1b  anything 
more  that  I  can  4o  in  this  particular  case,  I  shall  J3® 
to  help  out  without  further  expense  to  them.  I  have  not  had 
an  opportunity  to  see  the  latest  oar  and  motor  conbination 
and  have  only  seen  the  one  at  the  Edison  Works.  It  there  i 
anything  I  can  do  for  you  in  connection  with  this  work,  do 
not  hesitate  to  let  me  know. 


With  kind  regards,  I  am, 

Yours  very  truly, 


D. 


M,  Bliss. 


DMB/RM 


Portland,  Oregon, 
March  17th,  1913. 


Mr.  V/m.  H.  Keadowcroft, 
o/o  Thos.  A.  ’Edison, 
Orange  ,  K.  J • 

Dear  Mr.  Meadov;croft: 


■J 


^  r'  v 

(y. 


Many  t’:anks  for  your  letter  of  March  6th.  I  h;-.vo 
learned  that  Mr.  Pleishacker  was  completely  broken  down  physi- 
oally,  which  probably  accounts  for  t>io  fact  that  he  has  out  off'  ^ 
his  visit  to  Mr.  Edison  -until  his  return  from  Europe.  I,  ' 

ever,  appreciate  Mr.  Edison's  kindness  as  well  as  your  own/ 1 
have  written  Hr.  Edison  a  letter  which  I  am  enclosing  in  this ^ 

'  \ 

envelope  addressed  tc  you. 

I  am  having  more  or  less  of  a  fight  with  engineers  IT 
over  the  battery,  on  account  of  the  work  which  has  been  put  in 


here  by  the  rather  unscrupulous  methods  of  the  E.S.B.Co.  s 
coast  representatives.  I  am  not  sure  that  my  action  in  writ¬ 
ing  direct  would  be  entirely  approved  by  the  General  Vehicle 
Co.,  but  locking  at  the  matter  in  a  broad  way,  I  feel  that  X 
am  doing  the  best  thing  for  them  and  the  Electric  Vehicle  gen¬ 
erally.  I  should  want  Mr.  Edison  to  treat  these  letters  to 
some  extent  confidentially.  If  necessary,  I  should  quit  the 
General  Vehicle  Co.',  services  rather  than  be  tied  down  to  any 
policy  which  did  not  give  me  freedom  in  my  recommendations  as 


to  battery  equipment. 

With  best  regards, 


Yours  very  tru: 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Portland,  Oregon, 
March.  17th,  1913. 


1  am  enclosing  copy  of  a  record  for  six  moni.  is 
of  one- thousand-pound  capacity  Detroit  wagon  with  an  14  s 
battery,  which  speaks  for  itself. 

This  record  has  been  confirmed  by  the  Puget  Sound 

same^r e cor d^of  *"low^maint en an ce” expense^ since  December  S.£t. 

}f-rch  15th  If  you  are  familiar  with  the  vaiy  heavy  g  “• 

has  been  at  least  12  to  15  miles  oown  grade  wxth  -he  Liaxes  on. 

It  will  interest  you  to  know  that  I  have  got  the 
British  Columbia  Electric  Co.  enthusiastic  as  Balling  ^6pow,r 
for  the  General  Vehicle  Co.  as  well  as 

Co.,  which  is  the  big  lighting  company  ox  Spokane,  wash. 

Puget  Sound  Traction  Light  Jc  Power  Co.  “  ^sll 

Stone  &  Webster  property,  are  going  -o  take  -he  ag  -  ,y 
general  vehicle  truclca. 

x-  ••  -  Reselling  "agents  ffS  G^r^cle^o^fte* 

p“ublicEare  educated  8 

crss&Ti!!:  «y  %^ih^dgivf  lo  izrSiLZ 

induce  them  to  adopt  a  policy  j  -  -  y  ^  ■  pavable  monthly 
in  Charge  of  the j  ^thecoLissions  until  the  guar  an- 
to  give  him  piac-ically  all  or  anecial  inducement 

teed  salary  is  earned,  business  to  this  man  which 

an  agreement  to  tUxn  ov  .1  th-  en-n  _ 

they  are  able  to  build  up  at  the  end  of  a  y-ar. 

llov;  as  the  three  largest  central  stations  on 

5^?:  s.*£hs 


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on  a  trip  or  have  some  first-class  factory  man  who  will  visit 
these  central  stations  and  put  them  “"^^owps  and 

that ~ some  h^clLf^inelrs  employeHy1  these  companies  have 

fC^*****  the  hattory. 

The  JL.S.B.  Co.  of  Philadelphia  have  a  very  strong 

Nov;  the  statement  which  I  have  heard  out  hero  that  the 

one  of  the  hest  department  stores  on  the  ^8-,.  «nd  ^11  A 

T  knov  vou  will  he  interested  m  sucn  a  r...coiu 

in  the  hil'lisst  city  in  the  United  States,  I  have  been  led  to 
“itf you  thia  letter  personally  in  order  that  the  misrepresenta- 
-  -  hatterv  may  he  properly  met  ouu  hei 


tions  of  th£ 


I  am  also  enclosing  a  clipping  which  may  he  of  intsrsE 
to  you,  which  refers  to  the  way  the  Kine tg^hone  ooolc  in  t-  - 
Orpheum  Theater  at  San  Francisco.  Tne  article  s.a..s  >,;iat 
tahes  something  to  affect  a  San  Francisco  audience  to  .n-  extern 
of  their  letting  their  cigars  go  out  when  matches  are  scaic.. 


With  hest  regards,  I  am, 


Very  truly  yours, 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


'  ,  *  '  .  . 
RANCISGO  EXAMINER —  ■  .  .  '  -MONDAY,  MARCH  10, 1918. 

Talking  ^Movies'  Are  Orpheum  Sensation 
Bernhardt  Impersonation  Another  Marvel 

Edison  InventiorTshares  Head-  |T~  ON  THE  VAUDEVILLE  BILLS  j[||  ~] 

line  Honors  With  Maude 
Fulton  and  William  Rock. 


Thants  for  your  kind  favor  of  March  28th. 

I  wish  yon  would  tell  Hr.  Edison  that  words  would 
fail  to  express  my  Appreciation  of  his  personal  letter  to 
me.  He  can  rest  assured  that  I  will  collect  as  much  infor¬ 
mation  useful  to  him,  as  I  possibly  can  out  here  on  the  Coast. 

The  order  which  I  cent  in  for  trucks  for  the  Puget 
Sound  Traction  Light  &  Power  Company  are  all  to  be  equipped 
with  Edison  batteries,  and  you  can  tell  him  I  had  all  kinds 
of  interference  on  the  part  of  the  representative  of  the 
E.S.B.Co. 

One  difficulty  which  1  have  seriously  encountered 
has  been  that  the  K.S.B.  Co.  have  their  emmisaries  in  all 
large  Central  Stations  out  here,  and  my  position  has  been 
rather  difficult  from  the  fact  that  those  men  naturally 
have  been  with  the  Companies  a  long  time  and  they  have  the 
confidence  of  the  administrations.  X  found  this  particularly 
so  in  Spokane,  and  slightly  so  at  Vancouver,  B.  C.  The 


TiiENi5W^isnixcm)AT  Hotel 


S  IK  ATT  JM15  ,  IT.  S.  A. 
-2- 


ara 


latter  Station,  however,  has  recently  ordered  six  more 
trucks,  and  I  succeeded  in  setting  an  order  for  them  from 
the  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad,  which  would  not  have  consid¬ 
ered  electrics  in  place  of  gasoline,  had  it  not  been  for 
the  information  which  I  furnished  on  the  Edison  Battery. 

I  am  quite  sure  that  Edison  is  doing  a  big  thing  for  the 
Central  Stations  in  sending  a  first  class  man  to  the  Coast 
at  this  time. 

I, iy  letters  to  Bee  were  more  in  behalf  of  the  Central 
Station  men  than  they  were  for  the  Battery  itself,  for  X 
know  that  ultimately  the  Battery  will  take  care  of  itself, 
ana  put  to  rout*  those  who  have  misrepresented  its  value 
and  beligned  the  Edison  organization.  It  is  a  pretty  big 
thing,  when  you  come  to  think  of  it,  that  large  Central 
Stations  are  willing  to  take  the  agency  and  push  the  sales 
of  electrics  trucks  in  this  territory. 

It  has  been  necessary  for  me  to  spenl  a  much  longer 
time  out  here  than  1  anticipated,  but  I  have  felt  quite  a 
responsibility  since  X  went  up  against  the  game  and  I  have 
played  it  with  utter  disregard  as  to  my  own  future,  and  I  am 
afraid  that  I  have  not  done  myself  any  good  in  Long  Island 


TiiENEwWisinxGTOjv  Hotel 


fins  ati’th-iic, II ’'oS.Ao  _ -  -  Hit! 

-3- 


City.  X  question  whether  they  will  be  able  enough  there 
to  take  as  broad  a  view  of  ray  efforts  as  they  should. 

However,  my  record  from  the  beginning  will  show  that  I  have 
been  absolutely  honest  and  during  tqy  experience  in  the  gasoline 
truck  field,  my  attitude  has  been  clear  and  honest  so  far  as 
the  electric  truck  was  concerned.  There  are  very  few  manu¬ 
facturers  of  gasoline  trucks  who  would  stand  for  everything 
which  I  did  in  favor  of  the  electric,  but  Garford,  when  he 
fully  understood,  appreciated  my  efforts  and  endorsed  them. 

It  is  a  shame  that  he  has  gone  out  of  the  gasoline  truck 
business. 


Put  this  up  to  Edison  and  toll  him  that  I  shall 
hasten  out  to  see  him  as  soon  as  I  reach  Hew  York. 

Give  ny  best  regards  to  him  and  tell  him  hew  very 
much  I  appreciated  his  own  signature  received  on  the  letter 
this  morning. 


Yours  very  truly, 


[fryju  (IcoJlUrtkzr^  ' 

v;  ArcWife>  *ptf  &* 
..  .  y^cj*.  Ct*  ~~*r. 


Your  atory  of  the  electric  wagon  for,  the/ 
for  thought  and  I  fine  it  such  on  In  ter  cat 
'at!  to  submit  for  your  com: iteration  the  f? 


tol  Stock  §2,000,000.  of  which  §1,000,000  shall  he  o  7 :  r 
§1,000,000  shall.  ho  common.  To  he  org.tni.2cd  under  the  lav 
ey  with  the  homo  office  at.  Orange. 

we  sell  to  the  public  §100,000  preferred  at  par  if  poet 


paint  ;  hould  he  built  in  such  n  manner  that  add  it  H 
tided  when  required  and  for  that  purpose  sufficient  gi 
d  at  the  begin ing  and  simply  fenced  in. 
stock  remaining  in  the  treasury  shall  he  reserved  foi 
he  bus  i  nous  and  with  the  understanding  that  v.iicu  issc 
1  sham  and  share  alike  in  the  common  stock, and  it  si 
oct  to  our  mutual  a.ggreemnnts . 

c  the  above  plan  uifgectn  an  incorporation,  the  baibdu 
association  shall  lie  co-»art.:ersh.in  in  everything.  Y( 
same  rights  that  1  shall  enjoy  and  in  like  manner  mi: 

as  yours.  You  shell  he  President;  end  I  shall  he  Vice 
he  local  plant.  You  shell  design  •  ud  develou  the  spec 
all  manufacture  and  sell  the  finished  product, 
shell  have  the  right  to  place  your  own  per:  one 1  re arc 
plant  or  elsewhere  *>nd  I  shall  have  tho  same  right, on 
personnel  representative  shall  ho  paid  and  charged  1 
personal  account. in  order  to  provide  thot  your  norsoi 


hall  devote'  my  exclusive  time  and  energy  to  the  business, 
mrufpctur  h:g  and  vending  and  shall  aa  indicated  above  he 
pc  of  the  manufacturing  plant, to  lie  located  at.  South  Bene 
employees  shall  lie  mutually  satisfactory  and  every  item  < 
1  in  like  monitor  he  conducted  end  in  every  thing  your  r: 
rest  shell  he  identical  with  mine. 

vo  confidence  in  you  and  beleiva  in  your  Judgement  and  he 
build  up  a  large  and  oroftiahle  business.  I  heleive  that 
first  installment  of  preferred  stock  to  he  sold  at  .oar.t 
shall  he  pled  to  subscribe  to  it  in  like  manner  with  join 
Id  think  it  advisable .Liv  sugpostion  is,  that  the  preferred 


JUiUiam  g.pawu. 

farmers  JUnnh  J»niliiin8, 
pittsburj. 


April  11th,  1915. 


Dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft 

Agreeable  to  your  promise  I  have  bean 
looking  forward  to  the  latter  that  Mr.  Edison 
kindly  nromisad  to  writa  to  me  covering  his 
idaas  of  the  importance  and  application  of  the 
Storage  3attary  as  the  means  of  power  and  lighting 
in  car  or  traction  operation  in  China. 


As  the  time  is  gattingvery  short  before 
the  gentleman,  who  is  with  us,  leaves  for  China, 
I  would  thank  you  very  much  indeed  to  let  me 
hear  from  you  as  early  as  possible,  and  oblige 


y/dk/x 


,  William  Hi  Meadowcroft, 
Edison  Labratory, 

Orange  II.  J. 


Public  Service  Company. 

Mr.  Richards  is  the  heat  booster  the  Edison  Storage  Battery 
Company  has  in  the  Public  Service  Corporation.  He  is  writing  an 
article  on  comparison  of  horse  drawn  vehicles  and  electric. 

He  came  to  see  me  yesterday  and  wanted  to  know  what  I  could 
do  regarding  data  that  you  had.  Somebody  has  informed  him  you 
had  this  data.  He  said  if  he  could  get  it  he  would  not  use  any 
names  but  re-arrange  them  in  suoh  a  way  that  nobody  would  under¬ 
stand  they  were  the  figures  originally  given.  I  told  him  I  thought 
you  had  made  a  promise  to  the  people  who  assisted  you  in  obtaining 
these  figures  that  you  would  not  make  public  property  of  them  -  that 
you  had  done  this  for. your  own  satisfaction. 

Kindly  advise  what  I  shall  tell  Mr.  Richards. 


Onr*^ 


frlT- 


felu-Pn- 


/j  )  It  tt-l 


1'lc  C.n^e. 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


fnbiu  ftwrmt*  fcintvk  fltompatuj 

Broad  &  Bank  St  a.,  Newark,  N.  J., 


April  10,  1913. 


My  dear  Mr.  Bachman: 

I  understand  that  Mr.  Edison  haB  compiled 
a  very  complete  report  on  the  "Cost  of  Operating  Horse  Drawn 
Delivery  Wagons"  in  several  lines  of  work,  and  that  these  re¬ 
sults  have  been  compiled  in  a  chart  form  which  is  very,  very 
complete.  As  the  figures  are  .exact  it  would  be  of  great  use 
to  me  in  talking  transportation  matters,  in  conjunction  with 
my  power  work  for  the  Company.  Therefore,  do  you  think  it 
would  be  possible  to  secure  a  copy  of  this  chart  for  my  own 
personal  use? 

As  you  know  I  am  a  friend  and  advocate  of 

the  Edison  Battery. 


Very  truly _yqur_s, 

Industrial  pWer^ Engineer . 


FER/H 


PLEASURE  AND  COMMERCIAL  CARS 


4' 


isan  April  19, 

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XV 

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tv  6' 


Mr,  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Edison  Laboratory, 

Orange ,  E .  J  • 

Dear  Mr.  Edison:  - 

Attached  is  a  copy  oi 

communicated  to  the  Electrochemical  Society^ 
racer  on  the  Edison  Battery  read  by  '  ,  ri+v 

professor  at  the  recent  °“v®n*i“di£a£ ^"excuse 
This  paper  was  very  superficial  and  had  no  excuse 
for  appearing  in  print. 

I  would  be  glad  to  hear  any  comments  you 
have  to  maice  on  my  diecuusion. 

With  best  regards. 

Very  truly  yours. 


UliUtam  g.pattn. 

?£»nnh  ftoiltins. 


lar .  ’”m.  H.  Moadoworoft, 

Thos .  A.  Saif. on  Labratory, 

Orange,  IT.  J. 

Dear  '.ir  .  Iloadowcroft 

I  ha  vs  your  favor  of  the  17th 
alisonca  from  the  City,  with  er  clots 
Edison  to  Dr.  Yung  Xwai,  r.gardirr 
v  chi  cl  os  in  China,  for  which  I  bar, 

I  an  sura  that  Doctor  Kwui  would  ho  more  than  pleased  if  he 
had  an  autographed  photograph  of  I£r.  Edison.  I  will  see  the  Doctor 
in  a  few  days  and  suggest  that  lie  makes  a  per comil  request  for*  sane. 

If  there  is  any  other  thoughts  that  you  have  that  will  help  the 
general  proposition  in  the  -ay  of  any  literature,  or  anything  else 
growing  out  of  your  experience  in  connection  with  mutters  of  this  hind, 
I  will  he  glad  to  have  your  suggestions. 

It  just  struoh  mo  while  I  am  writing  this,  that  perhaps  some¬ 
thing  in  connection  with  the  tulking  pictures,  which  undoubtedly 
would  be  a  ratter  of  world's  interest  to  the  people  in  China,  some 
reference  to  it,  might  ho  a  good  idea,  and  perhaps  if  the  natter  has 
not  already  been  tuber  up,  something  night  be  lone  in  the  interest 
of  Ur.  Edison  and  yourself  through  Dr.  Ewai. 

Yours  very  truly. 


v/lx/k 


p 

ms 


texCEZf.  •t.y  f 


JUiUittin  {E.|Sann, 

Jfarmtco  JD»nk  JBttiUing, 
|JittsbttT0. 


Pittsburgh,  Pa.  April  25th,  1913. 


Mr.  Win.  H.  Meadoworoft, 
c/o  Thos.  A.  Edison  Babratory, 

Orange  ,  IT.  J. 

Pear  Mr.  Meadoworoft 

I  have  your  esteemed  favor  of  the  23rd  to  hand  as  well  as 
the  Storage  Battery  Company’s  literature,  which  I  will  take 
uleasure  in  handing  to  Dr.  Kwai. 

I  thank  you  for  the  suggestion  in  regard  to  the  Talking 
Motion  Pictures  and  will  act  accordingly. 

With  kind  personal  regards,  I  hag  to  remain 


Yours  vary  truly, 


WALIO-’R  KLECTRIC  VEHICLE 
1000- lb.  Capacity 


belonging  to  Messrs.  Harrods'  Ltd.,  London,  S.  W. 


Weight  empty  -  4036  lbs. 


Eattery  of  60  A-6  EdiBon  CellB  was  fully  charged  and 
vehicle  immediately  run  out  with  load  of  170  lbs.,  and  Driver. 
The  readings  taken  were  as  follows: 


AKFJTtES  VOLTS 


GRADIENT  PAVEMENT 


80 

34 

42 

52 

46 


76  6080 
61  2704 
HO  3360 
78.0  4553 
70  3634 


2;i  hill  Stone 

2ft  incline  " 

1  incline  " 

level  11 

11  Asphalt 


Average  speed  -  12  miles  per  hour. 
Distance  travelled  during  this  test 


3.2  miles 


Vehicle  was  then  run 
was  made  with  the  same  loading 

42  70  2940 
45  69  3105 
62  .  66  4092 
40  68  2720 
37  69  2553 
39  68  2652 
60  66  3960 


ir  20  miles,  when  a  second  test 
i  previously: 

level  Asphalt 

V  incline  ''acadam 
2''  rise  " 

lvvel  Smooth  stone 

"•  Asphalt 

•J-;.'  rise  " 

3"  rise  Smooth  stone 


Average  speed  10  miles  per  hour. 
Distance  travelled  during  second  test, 


3.2  miles. 


Total  miles  travelled  during  day,  23.2 
Total  ampere-hours  oonoumea,  117 

Ampere-hours  per  mile,  5.09 

Estimated  miles  per  charge  of  250  A.  H.,  49.2 


On  second  day,  8  additional  A-6  type  cells  wore  added, 
making  a  complete  battery  of  68  cells.  A  full  charge  was  given 
and  van  immediately  run  out,  when  the  iollowing  readings  wore 
taken,  the  loading  being  170  pounds  and  driverli 


AVPEREE 


WATTS 


GRADIENT 


52 

52 

45 

45 


VOLTS 

96 

95 

94 

92.5 

92 

91 


4992 

4836 

3760 

4162 

4140 

4004 


Level  Asphalt 

l;';  inn  line  Macadam 
S','  incline  Asphalt 
level  " 


Average- speed  13.8  miles  per  hour. 
Distance  travelled  during  this  test, 


3.2  miles. 


Vehicle  was  then 


42 

46 

75 

35 

39 

40 
26 


25.4 


miles , 


80 

78 
75 
81 
30 

79 
82 


and  again  tested: 


3360 

3588 

0625 

2835 

3120 

3160 

2132 


Level  Asphalt 

H  Macadam 

4;i  rise  " 

2/  incline  Asphalt 

Level  " 

2‘.'  incline  Smooth 
sto 


Average  speed  12  miles  per  hour 
Distance  travelled  during  this  test, 


miles. 


39 


A  load  of  1033  pounds  and  driver  ve 
vehicle  immediately  tested  as  iollov/s 


79 

77 

78 

79 
79 


3397 

3542 

3120 

2765 

3081 


then  added , 


level  Asphalt 
ii  Mac  ada;n 

1'.'  incline  " 

"  Asphalt 

level  " 


Average  speed,  11.8  miles  per  hour. 

Distance  travelled  during  this  test,  ,..o  miles. 


Total  miles  run  during  day,  30.4.  • 
Total  a.  h.  consumed,  114. 


Tests  conducted  by. 


(Signed)  Maurice  E.  Pox, 


r.lectrioal 
Edison  t 


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Ayvvw  'ttU-a. 


1 


May  i  ^ 


Mr.  Edison: 

Regarding  •fobs  Williams  communication  to  Mr.  Hutchison, 

I  see  no  reason  why  yJ i  shoul^j9}tMj»y"$5,000.00  additional  to  the 
$1,000.00  already  pratfi.de  a  the  Eleojar'ic  Vehicle  Association. 

It  seems  to  ipe  that  tjje^^l ,000.00  in  comparison  to  what 
the  Lead  people  are  g iv in^4r*r"VerW  literal.  I  wrote  them  and  told 
them  we  could  not  see  our  way  ^rear  to  subscribe  $5,000.00  this 
year  as  the  $5,000.00  subsorj/ed  last  year  was  more  or  less  of  an 
error;  that  your  intention  was  to  subscribe  $1,000.00  last  year. 
Probably  you  recall  the  fact  that  you  promised  to  do  a  certain 
portion  to  the  Lead  people.  You  made  good  but  they  didn't. 

I  feel  we  can  spend  $6,000.00  to  better  advantage  than  this. 


Referring  to  my  last  visit  and  the  announce¬ 
ment  which  X  then  made  in  regard  to  improvements  in 
automobile  motors,-  have  you  a  two-ton  General  Vehicle  truck 
at  your  Works,  on  which  you  could  mount  a  GK-1022,  60  volt, 

40  amp-  1000  RPM-  motor,  that  we  would  like  to  furnish 
for  comparative  tests?  The  tests  we  have  made  here  with 
this  motor  have  been  on  a  truok  like  that  described, 
equipped  with  60-  A-8  Edison  cells,  gear  reduction  being 

11,6  to  1,  and  the  diameter  of  the  driving  wheels  36". 


Yours  very  trtuly, 

SMALL  MOTOR  I 


(jCrt  e-vju 


expectations .  With  oix  1-4  cells,  extra  heavy  Jumpers  he 
tween  cells  and  motor,  cells  fully  charged ,  gas  voltage 
run  off,  the  following  results  were  achieved: 

The  engine  was  cranked  for  twelve  minutes  leforc 
stalling.  Average  current  113. b  amperes,  average  voltage 

4.25,  average  speed  70  r.  p.  m. 

After  resting  bfcttery  for  ten  minutes,  it  again 
cranked  engine  for  6*  minutes  constantly  before  stalling. 
Average  current  115  amperes,  average  voltage 
speed  60  r.  p.  m.  After 
cranked  for  2$  minutes  con 


minutes  rest,  the  engine  v.as 
tantly  before  stalling.  Average 
current  115  amperes,  average  voltage  3.8,  average  .pee 


55 


The  total  number  of  revolutions  under  the  above 
conditions  on  charge  was  136?. 

m,  thi.  di.ch.rgc.  « "  *“’*  “* 
engine  many  interval.. 

ft.  hatt ery  .,a.  MW  «■«««**  ■*»*  ”~’*t 

iron  the  cylinders  of  the  engine  to  relieve  the  cemp 
„d  the  eelt- at.rting  -tor  propelled  the  car  ..  -  « 

,3  of  a  mile  was  done  on  high  gear  i 
second  speed. 


.3  of  a  mile 


REPORT  OH  MKfiBBS  HARROPS  LIMITED  ELECTRIC  TRUCKS. 

manufacture  BY  7/ALKE17  ELECTRIC  vehicle  company, 
*  EQUIPPED  WITH  EDISON  STORAGE  BATTERY.  __ 


Hr.  Edison:- 

Some  months  ago,  v<e  advised  Maurice  E.  Fox , 
thdMessrs  °Harrods°\td!  ha^purchased  four5 electric  trucks^ 

install. 

atiin  of  the  battery  when  the  trucks  arrived  in  London. 

Upon  receipt  of  advices  from  Messrs.  Harrods,  Ltd.,  Fox 

Si-3  s: £  .5,55553s ~" 

Vehicle  Company  in  theircataloeue.iOB  Johns, 

with  both  the  engineer  of  Messrs.  »nrrods ^Ltd^.  an^ aoturerB. 
the  representative  in  an  indirec  ay  on  he  told  these 

*0.  ...»»»»•«  « 

the  vehicle. 

He  examined  the  motor  °f  one  of ^he  type*  and^ize 

but  found  no  name  plate  or  any  des  6  advised  Mr.  Howes,  the 

of  motor.  After  further  investigation,  he  advised  him  tQ 

engineer  of  the  owners,  that  the  evidence  ga^  for  &  hieher 
believe  that  the  motof s  ^pplied  ' e  design  celi  equip- 

voltage  than  were  Stor,  y  volt , 

meats;  in  other  words ,  that  a^e^s“„nue8ted  that  he  be  allowed 
had  been  installed  in  er?°**  nl!°  £  if  he  could  further  con- 
to  take  one  of  the  cars  for  test  to  see  if  ne  needed  the  vehicles 

5K.?ri»ia  acquWnt 

ers  with  his  difficulties. 

«=.«. «•.  g.'!EErtS*iSS'd^dfS“ 

Mr.  Fox,  Mr.  Howes  stated  that  the  talker  ement ,  and  were 

been  able  to  give  any ”  lead  battery  for  the  Edison 
considering  the  substitution  trf  a Vehioles  would  run  better.  Vlhile 
Battery  equipment,  to' ‘Bee  if  the  d_aoid  cell,  he  did  not 

Mr.  Howes  is  very  much  opposed  to  tee  him  a  letter,  detail- 

advantages  are  not  as  v/exx  aPP  +V10+  Howes  at  once  also  send 

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_n  on  in  his  report  to  us,  otatlng  that  he  did  not  think  it  £air 
for  Mr  Howes  to  in  anyway  impeach  the  capabilities  of  the  Edison 
v-Tthout  Riving  us  an  opportunity  to  acquire  the  necessary 
t,"**;' ’SpS.U»;?PA...ralSelJr.lIr.  He,..  l.t  »» 
have  a  truck  Which  he  tested  as  per  sheets  attached. 

The  results  of  these  tests  fully  convinced  me  that  the 

that 'of  a  lead  battery  of  standard  equipment,  the  cars  consequent¬ 
ly  refused  to  deliver  the.ir  required  speed. 

Messrs .  Hatreds  also  complain  that  the  battery  boxes 
were  not  made  low  enough  to  accomodate  the  Edison  Battery,  so  *  a* 
in  order  to  fill  the  cells  with  distilled  water,  it  is  necessary 

so  thatbthey  are  of  little  use  in  charging  the  vehicles. 

It  is  our  boast  that  no  vehicle  carried  the  Edison  Batt.ery 
which  does1  not  represent  the  best  type  of  construction.  Knowing 
this  Messrs  Harrods  are  stating  that  this  state  of  al fairs 

Patterv  onlv  should  be  installed.  It  iookb  very  iuuw “  lead 

Walk er^V  ehi  c 1 e  Compan*  would  have  preferred  to  give  them  a  lead 
battery. 

de  Horrode  ltd.  ie  a  v.ry  laJ6«  tlj". 

?43s,^kts,s!2“i.-  k  .s™ 

lead  battery  ( l  uodoretmd  tW  prepoee  to  do  j  our  b.ttery 

f..Trr.r.:A£r:£  is.'sr.::.  «»« 

people  have  pot  oa  Into  a  very  delicate  pealtien. 


As  the  trouble  seems  to  be  that  the  Edison  battery 
equipments  on  these  Walker  Vehicles  owned  by  Harrods,  Ltd.,  have 
not  a  high-enough  voltage,  it  is  merely  necessary  to  add  a 
sufficient  number  of  Edison  Cells  to  the  required  voltage 

for  the  present  installation.  Harrods  charging  outfit  is  capable 
of  given  them  a  higher  voltage  than  is  required  for  sixty  Edison 

motor,  as  they  should  have  done  in  the  first  place. 

t  have  no  doubt  but  that  we  would  be  very -glad  to 
install  the  sixty-volt  motors  on  these ^  ^hpayathIractSIl 

back  to  the  Walker  Vehicle  people. 

As  this  matter  is  of  considerable  import  to  us,  I  am 

with  very  critical  analysis. 

Respectfully , 


CHIEF  ENGINEER. 


May  19th,  1913. 


VEHICLE  COHFAKY,,  III  OUTtATIOH  BY 
MARKUPS  LIMITED.  LOBLOH ,  TJK/LAKD. 


IDT  COM  STORAGE  MATTERY  KO.UIFKEHT 


Some  months  ago,  Messrs.  Harrods.  Ltd.,  of  London, 
England ,  purchased  four  V/alker  Trucks  in  the  United  States, 
Edison  Mattery  specified.  Monnot  had  previously  demonstrated 
an  Edison  Mattery  equipped  truck  of  another  make,  and  the 


yox,  of  London,  was  instructed  to  supervise 

>n  of  the  battery  in  the  trucks,  when  they  arrived. 


>  placed  in  the  trunks. 


that  these  talker  trucks  with  Edison  Mattery  equipment  were 
not  satisfactory,  their  speed  being  much  lower  than  that 
specified  by  the  V/alker  Vehicle  Company's  catalogue.  lox 
got  into  communication  with  both  the  engineer  of  Messrs. 
Harrods  and  Company,  and  Mr.  Johns,  the  representative  in 
an  indirect  v/ay,  of  the  car  manufacturers.  Knowing  that 
the  battery  was  in  first-class  condition,  Fox  insisted  upon 


that  the  fault 


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the  vehicles. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  no  name  plate  was  on  the 
electric  motor  of. the  vehicle  he  investigated  at  that  time, 
he  was  unable  to  ascertain  the  voltage  of  the  motor.  Erom 
the  operation  of  the  t rusks,  he  was  led  to  believe  that 
the  fault  lay  in  an  eighty-volt  motor  being  installed  on 
sixty  cells  of  Edison  battery.  He  requested  a  truck  for 
t'-ct,  but  Mr.  Howes,  Engineer  of  Harrods ,  I.td.,  stated  that 
he  could  not  spare  the  vehicle  and  before  proceeding  further, 
would  familiarize  the  manufabturere  of  the  vehicle  of  ills 
difficulty. 

Two  weeks  ago,  Hr.  Howes  stated  to  7 ox  that  the 
Walker  people  could  not  give  any  explanation  of  the  matter, 
but  that  they  were  considering  the  substitution  of  a  lead 
battery  for  the  Edison.  As  Hr.  Howes  is  very  much  opposed 
to  lead- acid  cells,  he  did  not  take  kindly  to  this  proposal. 

T,’0x  requested  a  letter  from  dr.  Howes,  detailing  the  condit¬ 
ion  of  affairs,  stating  that  he  would  take  the  hatter  up  with 
us.  At  vox's  request,  Hr.  Howes  supplied  him  with  one  of 
the  trucks  and  test  was  made  as  per  attached  sheet. 

The  result  of  these  tests  fully  convinces  me  that 
the  original  supposition  is  correct  -  that  the  Walker  Electric 
Vehicle  Company  has  given  Harrods,  Ltd.,  a  regular  lead 
battery  equipment  motor  and  a  nixty-cell  Edison  J-attcry  equip- 

Kesors.  Harrods.  Ltd.  also  complain  that  the  battery 
boxes  have  not  been  made  deep  enoiigh  for  Edison  Storage  Eatteyy 


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,0f -that  in  order  to  fill  the  cells  v/ith  distilled  water,  it 
is  necessary  to  disconnect  the  trays  and  pull  them  side¬ 
ways  .  As  the  trays  are  very  tightly  wedged  to  tether,  this 
treatment  is  causine  the  trays  to  disintegrate.  , 

The  ampere-hour  meters  Installed  ion  these  trucks 
are  of  the  simple,  instead  of  the  differential  type  usually 
installed  on  up-to-date  vehicles.  These  ampere-hour  meters 
are  of  very  little  service  in  charting  the  vehicle. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  we.  state  tViat  no  vehicle 
can  use  Edison  -“attery  which  has  not  been  examined  and  rep¬ 
resents  the  -best  type  of  construction,  Messrs.  Harrods 
have  stated  that  the  unsatisfactory  state  of  affairs  under 
which  they  are  laboring  must  have  oome  about  with  our 
knowledge  or  through  our  neglect.  They  contend  that  if  the 
v, Biker  vehicle  Company  sold  these  four  vehicles  to  them,  it 
was  because  the  firm  had  previously  made  experiments  with 
Edison  Battery  propelled,  vehicles  in  the  United  SA&tes,  and 
that  the  results  have  been  satisfactory.  Messrs.  Harrods, 
Ltd.  would  not  have  thought  of  buying  a  car  equipped  with 
a  lead-acid  battery',  because  'the  faults  of  the  latter  are 
only  too  well  known  to  them.  Therefore,  the  Y/alker  Vehicle 
Company  sold  these  trucks  with  the  distinct  understanding 
that  Edison  battery  only  should  be  installed.  It  looks^as^ 
if  someone  in  the  Organisation  has  been  very  negligent  in/ 
the  motor  equipment  the  proper  attention. 


As  Harrods,  Ltd.  is  a  very  largo  firm  and  wore 
the  first  to  make  experiments  ”t.h  our  battery,  the  public 
are  regarding  the  outcome  v.-ith  considerable  interest.  If 
Messrs.  Harrods  continue  to  use  the  Edison  battery,  as  the, 
want  to,  it  will  make  a  considerable  difference  in  our  sales; 
but  if  they  install  a  lead  battery,  it  will  be  taken  as  the 
conclusion  that  our  battery  was  tried  and  discarded.  You 
can  see,  therefore,  that  the  balkor  Electric  Vehicle  Co. 
has  put  us  into  a  delicate  position,  and  has  made  our 
battery  show  up  disadvantageously  without  any  fault  on  the 
part  of  the  battery. 

The  trouble  earn  be  remedied  in  two  ways: 

1.  iy  the  addition  of  a  sufficient  number  of  cells  to 
operate  the  eighty-volt  motor,  or 

2.  py  removal  of-  the  eighty  volt  motor  and  substituting 

a  sixty  volt  motor'. 

-  Pox  reports  that  Harrods,  Ltd.  have  sufficient 
e.  m.  f.  range  on  their  generators  to  charge  a  battery  of 
such  increased  number  of  cells,  but,  he  ooen  not  state 
whether  or  not  the  battery  compartment  of  tjie  V.aiker  Vehicle 
will  accomodate  any  more  cells. 

I  am  quite  cure  that  if  the  -alker  Vehicle  Co. 
will  send  four  sixty  volt  motors  to  London  and  pay  the 
actual  cost,  fox  will  be  very  glad  to  supervise  the  removal 
of  the  eighty  volt  motors,  substitution  of  the  sixty  volt¬ 
meters  and  returning  iff  the  eighty  volt  motors  to  the  V.aiker 
Vehicle  Company. 

.  of  very  considerable  import,  I 


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mn  making  thin  report  to  you  personally,  in  order  that  you 
may  lie  familiarized  with  the  details  throughout.  Something 
will  have  to  he  done  immediately,  or  v/c  v/ill  suffer  irre¬ 
parable  injury  in  the  eyes  of  the  British  public,  who  are 
watching  the  performance  of  these  vehicles  in  operation 
by  JieosrB.  ilarrodo,  I.td.,  with  very  critical  analysis. 


Respectfully , 


Commonwealth  Edison  Company, 


Ves 


•  sir! 


have  yc\ 


jr-le  report  ' 


;r  of  the  23rd.  The  ’."alker  Vehicle 
ve  not  in  any  way  advised  a  change  to 
>atl-:rics  ir.  the  esse  of  the  vehicles  acid  tc  lesser* . 

Ae,  ltd.  cf  Lcr.dcn ,  England. 

The  motors  new  installed  are  60-volt.  Come  field.  ohut.vu 
shipped  on  April  14th  to  ITssera.  Frazer  Brothers,  the  talker 
.  yew  York,  and  when  these  are  installed,  the 
speed  will  he  increased,  The  Talker  Company  has  ordered  new  fiel 
coils  from  the  sreatlnghcuse  company,  which  will  he  chipped  from 
Chicago  in  about  twenty  days,  and  -«h1  ch  will  a* 

The  battery  compartment  cf  these  wagons 
than  are  row  in  them,  as  there  are  four 
mert  in  addition  to  the  battery.  Fraze 
ir.  a  letter  which  they  must  have  received  last  Thi 
these  additional  cells  put  in  at  the  expense  of  f 
Company. 


■er.  greater  opeed. 
will  cent  jin  four  more  cells 
blanks  now  in  the  cempart- 
:  A  Company  have  beer,  advised 


Aa  to  the  question  of  'filling  the  o 
wator,  a  (special  filler  ouch  as  this  Company 


Walker  Vehicle 

11s  with  distilled 


s  with  Edison  batter ie 

has  been  sent  to  the  customer.  The  ’"slker  people  are  fully  alive  to 
the  necessity  of  having  these  first  vehicles  equipped  with  Edison 
batteries  ir.  London  entirely  satisfactory  and  they  believe  they  will 
be  when  equipped  with  the  new  field  coils  which  are  being  sent. 


ELECTRIC  COMMERCIAL  VEHICLES 


June  25th  1913. 


fs*’ r >■{£** 


Mr.  Roht.  A.  Baohman,  V.  P.  &  Gen. 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 

W.  Orange,  B.J. 

Bear  Mr.  Baohman:- 

I  attach  herewith  our  Bata  Book,  referring 
to  the  Edison  Battery  Service  System.  ^ 

Hote  particularly  the  first  sheet.  iWty-y 
three  trucks  have  now  Been  sold.  Also  note  particularly  the 
last  half  dozen  sheets  referring  to  aggressive  advertising. 
PerhapB  Mr.  Edison  will  he  personally  interested  £n  looking^ 


7 


Xours  very  truly 


HWH/uM 


3 


President's  Office. 


f\ 

Church 


iricH  Bai1ance-Ge\r  Co.,.tw 
1  gran4  Radius.  m|ich.  / 


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mpl-gear  wheels  pulling 


Prom  A  !i3  Chur  oh  1937  Park  Road, 

Washington 

Thos.  A.  Edison  esq. , 

Orange  H..i. 

Dear  sir  — 

As  the  Edison  battery 
a  bus  is  the  only  proper  solution  of  such  a  problem ^to  males  a  suev 
cessfal  business  such  as  proposed  in  the  Hew  vork  Tjerold  of Aug  3  rd 
i,  e.  giving  good  service  carrying;  passengers  in  Hew  York  for  five 
cents  fair, I  propose  to  do  some  work  to  that  end. 

I  conclude  that  you  are  advised  so  that  you  would  tell  me  , 
or  would  have  some  one  let  me  know,  who  the  promoters  are  who  are 
asking  for  the  concession  to  use  certain  streets  named,  putting 
one  thousand  aid  forty  busses  on  giving  the  city  so  -uch  per  bus 
etc.  Whether  there  is  any  stability  in  the  party  or  what  degree  of 
business  element  seems  to  be  in  that  move. 

So  far  as  I  have  gone  in  the  matter  the  wheels  are  to  be 
made  and  supplied  by  the  General  Electric  company. 

The  general  proxjosition  which  I-  told  you  I  had  tentatively 
in  a  draft  for  contract  with  the  G  E  to  make  all  wheels,  has  not 
been  closed  yet-being  held  back  yet  by  the  Truck  branch  of  the 


i  as  busses- anything  ejccex 


omobiles  for  the 


carriage  of  freight"  which  is  the  only  use  we  have  granted  license, 
for.  ’  I  would" appreciate  very  much  anything  which  you  may  say 
to  me  in  the  way  of  information  in  the  direction  above  suggested. 


Yours  faithfully, 


MEMORANDUM 

EDISON  STORAGE  BATTERY  CO. 


September  18th,  1913 
WGB-1-5357 


My  dear  Mr.  Edison:- 

Mr.  Ford  and  I  spent  fully  two  hours 
on  the  subject  of  how  is  the  best  way  to  help  Mr.  EdiBon 
make  a  lot  of  money.  I  stuck  to  the  building  of 
electric  pleasure  cars.  He  decided  then  and  there 

that  he  would  start  right  in  and  get  busy  to  put  through 
a  lot  of  10,000,  in  faot,  started  the  ball  rolling  by 
getting  hold  of  the  body  builder. 

They  are  now  building  their  second  motor 
to  test  out.  He  also  informed  me  that  you  were  going  to 
make  tests  in  Orange.  Mr.  Meadowcroft  explained  this 
to  you  yesterday  and  that  I  got  Mr.  Ford  to  sign  an  order 
for  a  chassis.  He  informed  me  that  he  had  it  worked  out 
in  his  mind,  the  best  way  of  doing  it.  It  seems  16 
years  ago  he  took  out  patents  on  a  frame  which  went  with 
his  old  Company  and  is  now  owned  by  the  Cadillac  Company. 
These  patents  run  out  next  June,  and  it  will  take  fully 
a  year  to  get  started  to  manufacture  electric  automobiles 
and  he  thinks  he  can  use  the  design  which  he  got  patents 


He  also  promised  that  he,  if  you  wished, 
would  go  down  to  Florida  while  you  were  there  this  Winter 
and  he  said  that  in  a  couple  of  weeks  you  and  he  could 
mate  more  headway  and  have  more  fun  out  of  it  than  any 
other  way  he  knew  of. 

This  is  the  very  best  news  I  know  of  to 


W.  G.  BEE 


tell  you. 


Puget  S  ound  Traction,  Light  &  Power  Go. 


Seattle,  Washington^,.. ...Sept,  18^  1913 

Mr.  Yf.  H.  Meadowcroft, 

%  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  New  Jersey. 

Pear  Mr.  Meadowcroft: 

Mr.  A.  W.  Leonard,  itfice  President  and  General  Manager's, 
of  the  Puget  Sound  Traction Aight  &  Power  Company,  and  at  the 
head  of  the  Stone  &  Webster  interests  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast,  \ 
is  at  the  present  time  in  Boston  and  expects  to  run  over  to  New 
York  for  a  day. 

Mr.  Leonard  would  be'  greatly  pleased  to  go  out  to  the 
laboratory  and  meet  Mr.  Edison  and  I  am  very  confident  that  he 
is  just  the  kind  of  a  man  that  Edison  likes.  You  will  remember 
that  Edison  sent  him  a  photograph  with  his  autograph,,  which  Mr.  ■  / 
Leonard  prizes  very  highly.  I 

X  wish  you  would  communicate  as  qoiokly  as  possible 
with  Mr.  Leonard,  care  of (Stone  &  Webster  Management  Association, 
-147  Milk  Street,  Boston, /and  he  will  be  able  to  tell  you  about  ^ 
wHWSr^r^ects'  to  be  in  New  York.  V 

I  met  Mr.  Samuel  Hill  the  other  day  and  he  had  a  great 
deal  to  say  about  his  visit.  He  is  very  enthusiastic  about  Edison 
and  informed  me  confidentially  of  something  that  he  is  going  to 
do  which  I  know  will  greatly  please  Mr.  Edison  himself. 


W.H.M.-2 


Sept*  18,  1913 


I  hope  that  you  will  pay  some  pereonal  attention  to 
Mr.  Leonard,  who  will  probably  like  to  bring  somebody  up  as 
company,  and  I  should  like  to  have  him  go  into  the  battery 
situation  with  Bee. 

There  is  a  pretty  nasty  fight  being  put  up  here  at 
the  present  time  against  the  Edison  batteries,  not  in  the  Stone 
*  Webster  organization,  although  there  are  some  of  the  departments 
*ho  at  least  pretend  to  doubt  their  superiority.  Mr.  Leonard 
himself,  however,  fully  believes  in  them  and  1  thin*  wants  to 
mafce  a  personal  investigation  on  the  ground  at  Orange. 

He  will  also  be  very  much  interested  in  seeing  the 
many  things  of  interest  at  the  laboratory.  I  leave  it  to  you 
personally,  who  can  and  also  likes  to  do  it  up  brown. 

I  have  read  in  the  papers  considerable  about  Mr. 
Edison-s  illness  and  have  been  somewhat  concerned.  Should  like 
to  hear  from  you  dust  how  he  is  getting  along.  I  am  enclosing 
an  editorial  which  I  cut  out  of  the  Seattle  Evening  Times,  which 
may  interest  him. 

With  best  regards,  I  am 

Yours  very  truly. 


Enclosure. 


T.  H.  THURMOND 

COTTON  SEED 
BROKER  s 


# 


Mr  Thomas  A  Edison,  Inventor 


Ey  Dear  Sir: - 


e-tr&b  Oju*T 

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■  Being  interested  in  the^itotor^By.s’  Systemr-an^" wishin^^o  ^ 

take  advantage  of  any  inrprovemMit  in  tfius  x?n  e  j^I  have  read  wi^^interest 
the  m.  account  of  the  "1000  Electric  Coaches"  thah..are=*tc-be“MStalled  in 
Hew  York.  I  also  notice  tliat  the  system  has  jnct  with  your  approval,  This 
being  the  case,  I  do  not  care  to  investigate  furtJjjefC  Please  furnish  me 
with  the  name  and  addreBB  of  the  manufacturefof  flaidoCoaches,  as  X  want 
Pive  of  the  small  oneB  and  Two  of  the  large  ones.  To  save  time,  it  might 
be  well  to  hand  this  le-tter  to  Baid  firm,  or  corporation,  with  request  to 
furnish  a  detailed  description  of.  each  machine,  with  cost,  etc,. 

Thanking  you  in  advance-, for  your  attention  in  this  matter,  I  am, 


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Yours  Truly, 


Edison  General  File  Series 

1913.  Battery,  Storage  -  Federal  Storage  Battery  Car  Company 
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liy  dear  Hr.  Edioon: 

I  havo  just  received  Bill  Tor  rental  of  thoso  building: 
tlio  basis  of  r;125  per  building.  I  think  you  trill  recall  that 
to  charge  me  5$  on  tho  purchase  price  and  whatever  additional  cost  you 
wore  nut  to,  plus  tho  carrying  chargos  or  tare o .  I  boliovo  tho  cost 

of  tho  property  up  to  dato  is  052,945.  5 p  on  this  will  bo  02,647.25.  'He 

unaor stand  tho  tcu:os  aro  about  rj400 ,  call  them  0500.  Shis  would  make  a 
total  of  03,147.25.  \7o  have  heretofore  boon  paying  you  030°  per  month 

which  would  bo  03,600  a  year.  Don't  you  think  this  is  fair  in  viow  of 
tho  struggle  we  are  making  to  build  up  a  businoss?  If  you 
notify  the  proper  porson  in  your  or 

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30  BROAD  STREET,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

January  14th, 1913., 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Idlson, 

Orange,  K.J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Bflison:- 

For  your  consideration,  I  sutait  the  following  facts,  and  earnestly 
request  your  oareful  consideration* 

we  have  taken  §143,500.00  from  good  people  and  spent  it  to  develop 
a  practical  method  of  car  construction  which  your  battery  can. drive. 

When  we  undertook  the  work  it  was  supposed  that  there  would  he  a 
,  ,  ,p  _  these  oars.  ^Experience  has  shown  that  this  supposition  was  in 

SS.K!“  “  3  «... »  m  «»■“*  •«»*  «*  10 

educate  people  to  tlxeir  use. 

Based  upon  our  first  supposition,  you  and  I  agreed  that  we  should 
pay  the  list  price  for  the  batteries. 

^55.' 

cash,  $212,017.95. 

, ,  ssrs srjerjsff-sf* 

« ...  „„  ^-strras  rmrwrs  ass*-. 

amounts  to  $37,020.65. 


Ur'.  Thomas  A.Edison- 


(2) 


which  leaves  you  a  real  halanoe  of  $7,037.00. 

How  that,  in  short,  is  the  story. 

V/e  have  in  tools  and  machinery  about  $20,000  at  tho  shops. 

How  would  it  suit  you  to  take  all  of  this  and  call  the  accounts  all  square? 
You  will  get  off  about  here: 

Cash  secured  over  regular  price  ....  *».<»*  •«> 


Total  Debts  . 

You  will  probably  fear  being  called 


1^,  037 .00 

n  to  replace  more  batteries. 


in  this  1  have  to  say  that  we  know  of  only  the  Wilmington  and  Washington  c 
6  altogether,  on  whioh  thie  question  can  arise. 


jbi  adjustment  will  have  to  bo  made  on  then. 
All  others  are  installed  and  running  right. 


in  working  shape. 


a  want  to  get  this  matter  adjusted  between  us,  and  get  c 


w  organization 


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Further,  and  a  final  plan.  Supposing  we  should  pay  in  cash  taf,  you  in¬ 
cluded,  and  stand  on  that? 

Yours  truly. 


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I,*:  POllTICA  CftlirA' 


Los  nuevos  tranvias 


CALENTADORES  ELECTRICOS 


Hoy  las  cienciasadelantan 
que  es  una  barbaridad 

Los  nuevos  carritos  que  saleri  de  Zanja 
y  Galiano  y  van  hasta  la  Cidnaga  han  dado 
un  resultado  atroz. 

Para  suprimir  I03  trolleys  y  los  alambres, 
invents  Edisson  este  sistema  con  pilaselSc- 
tricas  debajo  de  los  asientos. 

A1  principio  todo  fug  bien  y  -los  carritos 
salieron  llenos  de  Galiano;  pero  al .  volver 
pasaron  los  .pasajeros  los  grande3  apu- 


Figurense  ustedes  que  las  dichosas  pilas 
eldctricas  calientan  de  tal  tnanera  los 
asientos  que,  no  se  pueden  soportar  y  tiene 
uno.que  hacer  el  viajede  pig. 

At  apearse  se  nota  que  todos  los  pa°aje- 
ros  van  echando  candela  por  los  fondillos. 

Por  la  fotografta  quepublicamos,  podrfin 
ustedes  apreciar  los  efectos  de  la  quema- 

Ld  gente  desocupada  ha  tornado  pnr  en- 
tretenimiento.ir  d  ver  esa  pelfcula  &  la  Ue- 
gada  de  los  carros. 


Los  conductors  salen  echando  chispas  y 
las  suegras  se  convierten  en  chicharrones 
de  pellejo. 

Nosotros  aconsejamos  &  la  empresa  que 
retire  los  carritos-reverberos  y  compongan 
eso  para  que  el  pasaje  no  saiga  muy  que- 

Ese  carro  electrizado 
es  un  fogSn  con  candela: 
al  que  haceel  viaje  sentado 
se  le  quema  ia  cazuelq. 


Orestes  no  y a 

PINOTAMPOCb 

En  la  primera  plana  podrSn  ustedes  ad- 
mirar  la  pelicula,  mejor  dicho,  la  vista  fija 
del  Generate  tropicale  Ferrara  di  Nfipoli, 
montado  en  su  caballo  Iixuioli  para  lanzar- 


se  al  campo,  no  se  sabe  si  contra  el  gobier- 
no  de  Josd  Miguel  6  el  de  Menocal. 

Ferrara  ha  apfovsefesjo-  a>l  casqp  depoli- 
cfa  para  lucirlo  en  la  manigua.  Va  armado 
con, la  carabina  de  Ambrosio. . .  .Borges;  el 
machete  de  Ibrahim,  tinto  afin  en  sangre 
de  Galafre;  yel  revdlver  de  Miguel  Maria- 


E1  rancho  de  macarrones  lo  lleva  colga- 
do  del  rabo  mncho  del  penco  de  guerra. 

.  Esas  dgclarjgjflgefr.de  irse  S  la  manigua 
han  sido  muy  ^IpTauRUas,  sobre'  todo  (lor 
haber  sido  heclias  por  el  Presidente  de  la 
Cfimara. 

[Por  algo  decimos  siempre  nosotros  que 
este  es  el  pals  de  la  burundanyal 


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aJh  hut, 


The  advance  of  Science  is  nothing  less  than  barbarous. 

The  new  electric  oars  leaving  from  Zanja  and  oaliano  Sts,  to  La  Oienega,  are 
giving  atrocious  results. 

In  order  to  do  away  with  wires  and  trolleys,  Edison  invented  this  system 
with  eleotric  batteries  placed  beneath  the  seats  of  the  oars. 

At  the  begining  all  went  well,  and  the  cars  left  Galiano  St,  with  full  oom- 
pletement ,  on  the  return  however  the  unexpected  happened. 

Imagine  it,  the  blooming  batteries  so  heatod  the  seats,  that  passangers  were 
obliged  to  make  the  return  trip  standing. 

The  conductors  throw  off  sparks  and  even  the  mothers  in  law  are  turned  into 

,, 

fried  lard  Crackles. 

These  electrified  cars 

Are  stoves  under  blaze 

Who  makes  tho  trip  seated 

Sure  will  have  his  b.t.m.  well  heated. 


Our  picture  graphically  portrays  the  effeot  of  the  overheating  on  tho  rear 
anatomy  of  the  poor  passangers. 


NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  ASSOCIATION 


YORK,  March  7,^i91 

u> .  .ef  ^ 


W,  H.  Meadowcroft,  Esq. 
Edison  Laboratory 
Orange ,  N .  J • 


■rested  in  the  accounts  in^the^®  | 


My  dear  Meadowcroft:-  '  {y^  0»  ^  •  ^  w*'* 

I  have  been  greatly  interested  in  'the  accounts  intjth|^ 
papers  the  last  day  or  two  as  to  the  Edison  Storage  Batterj^a 
running  on  the  main  railroad  tracks  between  Hew  York  and  Boston/ 

This  is  quite  an  achievement  and  it  reminds  me  of  something  that  / 

I  ought  to  have  written  about  to  the  Laboratory  before.  Some  of(ojiy 
central  station  friends  advise  me  that  they  hear  that  Mr.  Edison  is 
now  developing  his  battery  for  central  station  purposes  and  they  want 
to  know  if  this  is  true.  I  believe  that  some  of  thes<rp%ple  would  be 
in  a  position  to  order  large  quantities  of  the  battery  at  an  early 
date  if  they  are  obtainable.  Of  course  the  matter  will  be  treated 
as  absolutely  confidential  but  X  would  like  to  know  the  facts  in  the 
case  at  the  earliest  possible  moment  as  I  think  I  can  be  useful. 


Yours  truly,  • 

— y^ZaJ^0-- 


J  Si\s^0Z — ^ 


JOHN  H.  WOOD 
,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance 

BROADWAY.  ROOMS  !6  unit  17 


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BATOrn  thipsiutobs§.j: 


Average  cell  temperatures  of  new  Battory  tulcon  at  different 
stages  of  tho  rooont  trip  made  By  Beach  Car  from  How  York  to  Boston.  The 
car  vna  oqulppsd  with  two  Batteries  each  coneisting  o.f  230  colls  typo  A8II 
old  out,  in  undorolung  compartment  under  the  car,  now  sot  locatod  up  in  the 
Body. 


March  6th  -  6.50  A.M.  -  Just  previous  to  start  from  Grand  Central  Terminal 

Average  colltonqi.  . . .  105°  Fahr, 

10.25  A.M.  -  Poughkoepsio  -  Average  cell  Tomp,  .  „  7.00.6°  Fc.hr.. 

2.12  P.M.  -  Previous  to  Boost  at  Upper  Hudson  -  Avorage 
coll  temp.  . . . . 97.6°  Fahr. 

4.30  P.:.l.  -  Aftor  Boost  of  2  hra.  at  an  average  of  270  Anroerca- 
Avorago  cell  tomp.  . . .  110°  Fahr. 

8.15  P.M.  -  JProviou3  to  Boost  at  Springfiold.  .  90,4°' Fahr. 

10.50  P.li,  -  Aftor  Boost  of  appro*.  If  hra,  at  240  Amperes- 
Average  ooll  tomp.  .......  ..........  106.9°  Fahr. 

Kerch  7th:  3.S5  A. II.  -  Juat  provious  to  finish  of  trip  at  Boston  - 

Avorago  ooll  tomp.  . . .89,3°  Fahr. 


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SILVER  LAKE,  NEW  JERSEY  April  4th, 1913., 


Hr.  M.R. Hutchinson, 

Uhief  Engineer, 

Edison  Lavatory, 

Orange ,  17.  J. 


My  d 


"Hutch" 


I  have  your  esteemed  favor  of  3d  Inst.,  and  heg  to 
state  that  I  would  like  to  have  the  drill,  we  need  it  very  much  here. 
However,  at  the  present  time,  we  are  so  hard-up  for  money  that  I  can- 
not  afford  to  buy  anything*  I  an*  putting  in  mosu  of  my  tim  p 
sent  trying  to^aiefaamH  money  and  am  glad  to  say  that  we  are  meeting 
with’ some  success-  But,  in  the  meantime,  you  might  let  me  know  how 

e  drill  and  I  will  see  if  I  cannot  get  enough  money 


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Hr.  Thasao  A.  EdiBon,  ^  st  /uf.*'  4cH  £  t? 

Orange,  H.  ^JL*+sl**~*  f  ^ 

Uy  dear  Hr.  Edison:  f  <k&*t  *** 

X  have  just  recetwd  n\d4g  letter  from  Ur.  7/.  E.  Ogilvie 
from  Havana;  the  General  purport  of  w;iich  is  that  ho  feels  very  hadly^»«*.  s;js_^ 
hooause  he  had  induced  the  London  Omnibus  Co.  to  tahe  up  seriously  the 
question  of  the  use  of  your  batteries.  He  soemod  to  have  an  idea  '\:\X.fru.W(.:#7’' 
that  wo  would  bo  able  to  work  out  a  bus  here.  X  quote  you  from  hxs  <*t 


"I  think  it  would  be  a  vei 
the  London  Onjnibus  people  to  c 
as  I  feel  Bure  that  they  will 


mistake  to  allow  , 


very  serious  mistake  to  alii 
;o  experiment  with,  this  batti 
111  start  out  and  make  all  t 


mechanical  mistakes  that  is  due  to  inexpdriencq , and  no  one  ( 

knows  this  better  than  Hr.  Edison  and  yourself.  I  wish  (f 

to  build  a  battery  omnibus  at  your  works  exactly  to  meet 
tho  roouiromonts  of  the  London  people,  and  work  out  all 
+ho  mohhnnieal  difficulties,  costs,  etc.  and  then  when  we 


the  mechanical  difficulties,  costs,  etc.  and  then  wnon  ve  ^ 
had  the  finished  product,  ship  it  to  England  ana  have  it  2* 

do  its  work  without  the  usual  broakdovms."  # 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  Ur.  Ogilvie  occupied  an  important 
position  with  the  London  Omnibus  people,  not  as  an  official,  bu  as 
friend  and  business  associate,  and  believing  it  was  to  y®  J  ®  08!' 

I  encouraged  him  in  sayinG  Good  things  to  them  about  your  bat to ^  1  n 
did  encourage  him  in  tho  idea  that  we  should  build  a  bus  aid  I  have  no 
desire  to  build  buses.  I  have  troubles  enough  os  it  is,  but  if  I  can  p 

the  cause  in  any  way  to  either  yourself  or  Hr.  Ogilvie,  I  am  very  glad 
indeed  to  bo  of  such  service  as  I  may . 

You  will  recall  that  I  brought  this  mattor  $0  your  attention 
sometime  ago  and  I  understood  fron  you  that  you _wanted  to 
Ur.  ilonnot  and  would  let  me  know  what  tho  results  wore.  Up  to  the  present 
time  I  have  hoard  nothing. 

Hy  only  object  in  writing  you  is  that  I  want  to  relieve  Hr. Ogilvie 
..  1  _ jL _ -nnrti-Mnn  as  he  had  token  the  matter  up  with  the 


3  a  champion  of  tho  battery.  They  va 


Ur.  Edison-2. 


Kindly  lot  mo  know  whether  or  not  1  shall  advise  Mr.  Ugilvio 
that  nothing  can  ho  dono  or  if  scmothing  can  ho  done.  At  any  rate  whatovor 
you  wish  me  to  say  I  will  pass  along  to  him:  only  ho  is  a  vory  goo^  custcmor 
and  I  want  to  please  him. 

Yours  vory  truly,  . 

President. 

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April  14,  1913. 

il  *»  *v3fcT^Xi«. 

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Uydoarllr.  Edison:^  '  ‘ 

You  will  recall\that  you  authorized  mo  to  ubo  a  price  with  the 
Hew  York  Railways  of  Tjf/i  off  the  list  for  their  hatteries.  I  wrote  you 
a  fow  dayB  ago  and  told  you  tiiat  wo  had  an  order  for  two  cars,  .giving  yarn  ^ 
the  general  information  in  regard  to  it.  _ j.J  _  ff 

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Since  tiiat  time  we  have  taken  up  with  the  Works  through  Mr.  Ross, 

Md the  battery  works  in  conjunction  with  ouri  Engineers  have  decided  that  we 
■should  use  the  A/lO  hatteries.  If  wo  kept  the  same  price  of  75$,  this 
will  incroaso  the  battery  cost  per  car  §462.98.  The  prico,  as  I  have 
previously  written  you,  is  alroady  very  high.  We  are  handicapped  in  com¬ 
peting  because  we  use  an  expensive  scheme  of  construction  in  order  to  get 
the  economical  movement.  We  use  a  more  expensive  bearing,  a  four-motor 
eauipnent  instead  of  two-motor  equipment  and  the  cost  of  your  battery  is 
so  vary  much  higher  than  the  load  battery  that  tho  question  occurs-  aro  we-  ; 

safe  to  submit  so  high  a  priceY£‘ w  lM.ffe.-K*  w  l  Q‘ f  <* 


If  you  give  us  tho  maximum  discount  of  2<$,  we  will  still  be 
§101.00  higher  by  uBing  the  A/lO  than  we  would  by  using  the  A/8  at  V& 
discount.  XtMUtA.  “  *■■--**■  »  ™ 


I  have  had  great  difficulty  in  getting  the  order  oven  with  tho 
A/8,  yet  thoro  seems  to  be  no  doubt  but  what  we  should  use  the  A 
I  think  I  can  got  tho  order  with  t 
car.  I  hesitate  t 


A/ 10  at  t 


It  i 


come  back  to  you.  I  am  caning  back  to  you  ; 
what  price  we  shall  make.  I  spoke  to  Mr.  Bachman  about^ 
telephone  and  ho  thought  ‘  ----- 


0  you  to  soy 


0  communicate  w 


kindly  lot  me  know  at  your  oarlie3t  convenience  as  we  ought 
got  tho  figures  in  immediately. 


Yours  very  truly, 


COPY 


April  18,  1913. 


Mr.  R.  H.  Beach,  President, 

Federal  Storage  Battery  Car  Co., 

Silver  Lake,  New  Jersey. 

Bear  Mr.  Beach: - 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  facor  of  the 
14th  instant  in  regard  to  the  matter  of  discount  on 
storage  batteries  for  the  New  York  Railways. ■ 

Let  me  say  in  reply  that  if  we  gave  you 
the  20;?  discount  for  the  two  cars,  you  cannot  get  the  - 
big  order  you  are  after,  because  they  would  not  stand 
for  a  raise  on  a  big  order.  For  these  two  cars  I  will 
make  the  discount  10#. 


Yours:  very  truly, 


Thomas  A.  Edison. 


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April  22d,  1913. 


Mr.  Ihomas  A.  Edison, 
^-Edison  Laboratory, 
Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 

I*y  dear  Mr.  Edison: - 


V,e  have  quoted  the  Hew  York  Eailvaya 
Company  a  discount  of  lOJ'j  on  the  batteries  for  their  cars, 
which  1  understand  is  in  accordance  with  your  letter  of 
April  18th,. 


Apr.  23, 


1913. 


Ur .  LeTioy  Scott, 

Federal  Storage  Battery  Car  Co., 

Silver  i-ake,  il.  J. 

]Jy  dear  Scott 

Yours  of  the  second,  addressed 
to  fir.  Meadowcrof t ,  has  Been  referred  to  me  for 
attention. 

I  have  no  knowledge  of  any  sterio- 
ticon  schemes  invented  hy  Ur.  McBride. 

All  such  matters  are  referred  to 
me  for  attention.  But  X  can  find  nothing  ir.  my 
files  referring  to  this  matter. 

You  might  ask  Hr.  McBride  to 
enlighten  me  on  the  subject. 

V,'ith  my  Best  regoros,  I  remain, 
Yours  sincerely, 


SALESMAN'S  SUPPLEMENTAL  REPORT. 

DATE  iTlinfi  12,  1913 -  CITY - Los  . 

called  t. M?jTn t.Tl fll  Hnmft  Buildup-  Coni'll 
Monte  cl  to  Railway  Co-. 


This  concern  had  been  talking  with  Ur.F.A.Curtiss  representing  the  Feder¬ 
al  Storage  Battery  Car  Co.  for  some  time  but  were  not  satisfied  wltn  the 
figures  submitted  and  decided  that  they  would  build  their  own  cars  and  buy 
batteries  and  other  parts  as  required.  It  seems  that  they  can  buy  every¬ 
thing  that  they  need  except  Edison  storage  batteries , and  as  MR.  Larrabee 
is  an  experienced  street  railway  man, having  built  up  the  greater  part  of 
tiie  Pacific  Electric  Syotem  of  Los  Angeles, helped  largely  in  the  designing 
of  their  cars, etc,  I  am  Just  a  little  sorry  that  they  cant  be  supplied 
with  our  batteries, as  they  have  a  wonderfully  fine  railway  progect  partly 
finished, and  I  really  belelve  that  they  would  build  more  cars  after  they 
get  these  to  running  nicely.  Ur.  H.E.Johnson  is  tne  very  active  head  oftat. 
enterprise  and  says  that  that  the  refusal  of  the  Edison  otorage  Battery  Co. 
to  sell  them  batteries,  is  an  absolute  violation  of  the  Sherman  Anti  Trust 
Law, and  he  Intimated  that  he  would  like  to  see  a  letter  signed  by  the 0  . 
to  that  effect.  He  is  something  of  a" Fire  Eater"  and  hemlghttrytodo 
something  if  he  had  such  a  letter, and  he  might  not, but  I  think  the/  would 
have  taken  a  nice  little  order  of  batteries, if  they  could  bare  been  supplied 
them.  I  might  say  that  I  did  not  furnish  tnem  any  letter  refusing  them 
batteries, but  merely  told  them  that  we  could  not  furnish  them  batteries 
as  the  Federal  Storage  Battery  CarCo.  had  the  exclusive  right  to  tne  use  of 
Edison  storage  Batteries  for  the  propulsion  of  cars  operating  on  rails. 

I  am  attaching  letters  from  this  Co.  regarding  this  matter, and 
would  ask  that  answeres  be  written  to  the  questions  taUr * 

letter  of  June  17th  .  Some  of  these  of  course  I  can  answers, but  I  would 
like  to  have  the  answeres  that  the  Engineering  Dept,  would  make  to  them,. 
my  information  and  Files, 


See  Ur.  Bee's  Letter  TCB-1-2985  of  ^une  7th.  1913. 


E.  U.  Cutting. 


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Mr.  b.  M.  Cutting,  Mgr., 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Supply  Co., 
C/o  Mr.  J.  E.  Hogan, 

Ios  Angeles,  Cal. 

Dear  sir: 


Referring  to  our  conversation  of  yesterday  when 
you  informed  me  that  your  Company  had  advised  you  that  the 
Pederal  Storage  Battery  Car  Co.  had  the  exclusive  right  to 
the  use  of  Edison  Batteries  for  traction  purposes,  I  Beg 
to  ask  if  the  agreement  Between  the  Edison  Co.  and  the 
pederal  Co.  will  prohibit  your  selling  me  Batteries  to  put 
on  cars  I  may  Build  or  on  cars  now  used: as  gasoline  motors, 
trolley  cars,  or  on  steam  railway  coaches?  If  I  could 
have  made  a  successful  demonstration  of  storage  Battery  cars 
on  the  Montecito  Railway,  it  was  my  intention  to  push  them 
in  this  locality  and  not  only  install  them  on  new  roads, 

But  on  Branch  lines  of  steam  railroads,  as  "OWL"  Cars  on 
City  and  InterurBan  lineB.  I  think  I  could  put  Battery 
cars  on  some  outlying  Branches  of  our  City  lines  and  as 
"Extras"  to  help  care  for  heavy  traffic. 


It  seems  singular  that  your  Company  would  limit 
the  market  for  Batteries  By  cutting  off  all  *die  Big  car 
Builders  and  the  many  railroads  from  the  use  of  them 
unless  they  Buy  cars  from  the  Pederal  storage  Battery  Car 
Company.  I  should  call  it  a  cpmBination  in  restraint  of 
trade.  If  I  can  Buy  Batteries  of  you,  I  will  soon  Be 
ready  to  place  orders  for  several  hundred  cells. 


W.  D.  LARHABEE 
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j£r.  E..  M..  Cutting,!  Mgr., 

Edison  Storage  Battery  Supply  Co., 
c/o  Mr.  J.  r.  Bogan, 
los  Angeles,  Cal.  r 

Bear  Sir:  ’•  ■ 

I  nave  Be  fen  informed:,  thatwhile  the  Edison  Batteries 
are  admitted  to  bej "EOol  proof",  lead  Batteries  are  more 
efficient: 

That  the 'cost  for  current  to  charge  Edison  Batteries 
is  from  50$  to  150$  more  than  for  Lead  Batteries  of  equal- 
capacity:  ■; 

That  the .mileage  capacity  per  charge  of  Lead  Batteries, 
is  36$?  more  than  the  Edison: 

That  the  discharge  in  watt  hours  at  30  ampheres  of 
Lead  Batteries  is  15#  more  than  the- Edison: 

That  the  internal  resistance  of  Edison  Batteries 
is  three  times  that  of  Lead: 


That  Lead  Batteries  absorb  all  the  current,  while 
the  Edison  lose  considerable  in  gaslng: 


That  the  Edison  metal  cans  must  be  Kept  absolutely 
free  from  grounds  to  prevent  corrosion. 


Whether  X  am  able  to  buy  your  batteries  or  not, 
as  a  matter  of  professional  interest  X  would  like  to  Enow 
how  nearly  correct  are  the  above  represen oationsf 


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My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  have  been  trying  to 
the-  oar  business.  I  believe  I  1 
are  of  the  same  opinion  as  I.  j 
for  thinking  it  will  succeed.  / 


t,  5-9^3.  \  HJ  f  jr 


id  a  practical  way  to  handle 
s  found  a  way,  provided  you 
;  is  my  plan  and  my  reasons 


Four  years  ago  we  undertook  to  do  a  thing,  that  is  to 
i  oar  that  the  battery  would  drive.  We  have  made=it.  With- 
3  limitation  of  speed  and  distance  it  is  an  unqualified 
L  These  cars  run  on  about  one-half  the  energy  required 


for  other  cars.  I  have  proven  this  in 
many  parts  of  the  world  that  there  is  ) 


if  the  world  that  there  is  no  doubt  remaining.  There- 
be  said  truthfully  that  it  is  an  accomplished  fact. 


We  need  now  the  cash  capital  to  conduct  the  business 
in  a  large  way.  It  is  the  nature  of  this  business  to  be  large. 

It  will  be  either  nothing  or  large.  It  is  useless  to  attempt 
from  now  on  to  do  this  business  with  a  little  money. 

A  few  day^I  suggested  you  that  the  American  Car  & 
Foundry  Co.  would  lifte  to  take  over  the  manufacture  of  these 
cars.  So  they  would.  They  have  expressed  a  desire  to  do  so, 
but  there  is  more  to  it  than  simply  making  the  cars.  They  must 
be  sold  and  after  they  are  sold  they  must  be  carefully  followed 
up.  To  get  the  market  which  the  cars  deserve  a  considerable 
sum  of  rafney  should  at  all  times  be  invested  in  carsfor  demon¬ 
stration.  The  American  Car  &  Foundry  Co.  are  good  people  but  I 
do  not  think  they  will  do  anything  except  produce  cars.  We 
should  do  the  rest. 

The  competition  is  between  these  cars  and  the  gas 
electric  The  gas  electric  is  made  lby  the  C.  E.  people.  You 
S  that  with  facilities  we  can  beat  the  gas  electric  at  all 
points.  We  cannot  do  it  limping  and  halting  as  we  are  now  doing. 
With  proper  capital  we  can  do  it. 

Your  battery  is,  necessarily,  high  priced.  That,  _ 
we  control  the  business,  is  not  serious.  But  if  the  control  gOe 
to  oeople  who  take  the  ground  of  making  the  largest  and  quickest 
possible  profit  then  they  will  be,  I  think,  tempted  to  use  the 
lead  cell. 

The  business  from  now  on  will  be  profitable.  I  pro- 


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pose  making  two  sizes  only  18  and  50  foot  oars.  I  can  make  a 
profit  of  33  1/3  %  net  by  letting  the  American  Car  &  Foundry  Co. 
build  and  we  sell. 

By  this  the  risk  is  nil.  V/e  have  at  all  times  either 
the  money  or  oars,  or  good  accounts.  If  I  were  in  a  position  to 
handle  the  business  I  can  get  more  than  &2-°0°>°°V* 
this  year  notwithstanding  the  hard  times.  The  hard  times  m  a 
way  help  us. 

It  costs  much  less  to  equip  with  these  oars  than  with 
any  other.  There  iB  bound  to  be  some  work  no  matter  how  hard 
the  times  are,  and  our  cars  being  lower  in  cost,  are  preferred. 
Also  with  steam  roads  theseears  Bave  money  rapidly,  the  Long 
Island  Co.  report  that  a  car  for  which  they  paid  us  $6000  in  two 
years  actually  saved  them  over  $13,000.  This  is  true.  Hard 
times  cannot  stop  the  sale  of  thingsithat  can  do  this.  We  have 
the  only  car  that  can  be  honestly  regarded  as  a  real  money  saver 
on  steam  roads. 

Now,  I  have  no  scheme  to  get  rich  or  get  something  for 
nothing.  I  think  you  know  this.  What  I  do  want  to  do  is  to  so 
surround  this  industry  with  money  and  energy  and  intelligent 
workers  that  it  will  get  in  the  commercial  world  the  place  that 
it  deserves.  It  can  be  done  if  you  will  help.  I  am  sure  of  this. 

You  know  that  I  have  at  all  times  refrained  from  the 
use  of  your  name.  I  know  how  you  feel  about  fakes,  and  very 
properly  so.  This  is  not  a  fake.  It  is  a  splendid,  dignified 
business  worthy  of  our  best  efforts. 

I  know  of  one  way  to  get  money  for  this  business  and 
that  is  to  get  it  from  the  public  by  the  sale  of  Btock.  If  you 
will  actually  join  me  I  can  make  the  sale  a  success. 

I  can  see  your  face  when  you  read  this  but  just  think 
it  over.  ^ 

N0  matter  how  we  have  tried  to  keep  you  out  of,,  as  a 

matter  of  fact,  you  are  in  it  and  neither  you  nor  I  can  help  it. 

Nor  should  we  wantmto  help  it.  You  ought  to  be  glad  to  be  in  it. 

I  am,  and  am  proud  to  have  been  one  of  the  fellows  that  made  a 

better  car  than  had  been  made  before. 

My  idea  is  this.  Increase  the  Btock  of  my  company  to 


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$5,000,000,  sell  to  the  public,  and  I  can  sell  it,  $2,000,000  of 
this  at  par,  from  the  proceeds  buy  up  $140,000  of  the  preferred, 
now  outstanding,  pay  our  debts  and  pay  you  advance  for  batteries, 
say  $500,000.  Of  the  remaining  stock  give  you  $1,000,000  and  I 
take  the  same.  You  become  a  real  director.  You  can  run  the  bus¬ 
iness  in  a  large  way  and  1  will  do  the  work. 

You  probably  doubt  my  ability  to  sell  the  stock.  If 
you  will  become  a  director  and  authorize  me  to  say  what  we  both 
know  about  this  business,  its  merits,  and  allow  me  to  sell  this 
stock  to  the  public,  we  will  have  it  sold  in  less  than  six  months. 

The  merit  of  the  battery  and  the  car  alone  will  not  do 
it.  Your  name,  coupled  with  them  and  the  record  we  have  made,  will 

I  have  a  good  firm  who  will  sell  the  stock  for  us.  They 
want  70  and  we  pay  the  expense,  which  will  not  exceed  7  1/2  to 
80  more. 

The  time  is  here  when  the  old  .game  in  Wall  Street  will 
not  go.  But  the  small  investor  has  the  money  and  will  put  it  into 
a  good  undertaking  if  he  believes  it  will  be  honestly  managed. 

I  would  like  to  bring  these  men  to  you  and  you  will  be 
able  to  satisfy  yourself  as  to  their  integrity  and  ability.  I  am 
convinced  that  it  iB  the  right  thing  to  do. 


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I  have  end ehyorcd  in Jiite  past  months  to  l^eJ^a  ' 

number  of  steam  railroads  in  the  question  of  insta^jn 
battery  propelled  oars  for  branch  line  service,  ana  Tap 
at  the  present  time  a  number  that  have  the  matter 


The  principal  difficulty  has  been  the  excessive  cost^? 
on  account  of  the  price  that  the  Federal  Company  pays  for  itsj 
batteries  and  the  cost  of  their  oar  bodies  and  trucks  which  is  ( 
fully  100$  more  than  that  of  standard  makers . 

I  have  taken  up  with  the  B.  G'.  Brill  Company  the 
question  of  building  such  cars  and  trucks  as  I  require,  specially 
adapted  to  the  use  of  the  Edison  battery  and  they  assure  me  that 
they  will  gladly  design  and  build  such  cars  and  trucks  as  the 
various  installations  require. 

■Che  question  is  will  you  furnish  me  the  necessary  batteries 
or  will  it  continue  to  be  your  policy  to  limit  yourselves  to  the 
output  of  the  one  concern  which  has  not  shown  itself  able  to  supply 
the  market  either  in  dewign  of  car,  cost  of  equipment  or  reliability 


It  seems  to  me  that  you  are  standing  very  much  in  your  own 
light  and  holding  hack  the  developement  of  this  field  of  battery 
service  which  would  be  very  ipuoh  stimulated  by  a  healthful  competi¬ 
tion.  X  will  appreciate  it  very  much  if  you  will  kindly  advise  me 

what  I  oan  expect  in  this  oonneotion  as  X  have  put  in  much  time 
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Referring  to  my  last  letter  to  you  on  the  subject  of 
an  adjustment  between  the  Railway  storage  Battery  Car  Company 
and  "r. Beach's  company,  I  wish  to  say  that  in  view  of  present 
market  conditions,  a  number  of  our  stockholders  have  indicated 
their  preference  to  have  our  company  liquidated,  and  1  will  be 
compelled  to  give  way  unless  we  can  arrive  at  some  satisfactory 
arrangement . 

Furthermore,  I  find  that  our  preferred  stockholders 
object  to  giving  second  preferred  stock  to  Mr .Beach’s  stock¬ 
holders,  saying  stock  in  Hr. Beach's  company  at  the  moment 
represents  ownership  in  a  concern  the  liabilities  of  which  are 
considerably  in  excess  of  its  assts.  X,  therefore,  want  to 
modify  the  proposition  previously  made  and  will  only  be  able, 
subject  to  ratification,  of  whiuh  there  is  very  little  doubt, 
to  give  Hr. Beach’s  present  stockholders  common  stock  of  our 
company . 

Very  truly  yours, 


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1913.  Battery,  Storage  -  Foreign  (E-13-15) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  commercial  development  of  Edison's  alkaline  storage  battery  in  foreign 
countries.  Included  is  discussion  of  battery-powered  electric  vehicles  and 
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agreements  with  Edison’s  representatives  in  Great  Britain,  Germany,  and 
other  countries.  Among  the  correspondents  are  Edison,  his  personal 
representative  and  chief  engineer  Miller  Reese  Hutchison,  and  Carl  H.  Wilson, 
vice  president  and  general  manager  of  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Inc.  Other 
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Akkumulatoren  Co.  in  Berlin;  Paul  H.  Cromelin,  managing  director  of  Thomas 
A.  Edison,  Ltd.,  in  London;  and  John  F.  Monnot,  who  organized  Edison 
Accumulators,  Ltd.,  in  1913  with  exclusive  rights  for  the  sale  of  Edison's 
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Ur.  C.  H.  Wilson, 

Vice  President  &  General  Manager, 
Thomas  A.  Edison  Ino., 
Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 


Dear  Mr.  Wilson, 


Yours  of  January  13th  Crosse’S  my  letters  of 
January  31st  and  33nd  in  which  Iyhave  anticipated 
Mr.  Edison's  queries  and  advised  you  as  to  how  things 
were  going  on  here. 

Yesterday  we  formally  executed  the  assignment 
of  our  Willesden  lease  td  the  new  tenants  The  Rotax 
Motor  AcceeaorlesjCo.  receiving  in  payment  their  cheque 
for  £471.8.3  being  £200  bonus  and  a  rebate  on  our  rent, 
rates,  insurance,  telephone  and  income  tax  to  date.  Under 
the  deal  I  made  with  them  we  surrender  the  premises  February 
6th  but  we  have  until  February  30th  to  move  the  Storage 
Battery  Department,  and  we  retain  without  rent  two  buildings 
for  storage  purposes  until  April  1st.  Prior  to  that  date 
we  must  arrange  for  suitable  space  elsewhere  or  come  to 
an  understanding  with  them  as  to  the  rent  to  be  charged  for 
suoh  portion  they  may  be  willing  for  us  to  retain. 


.3. 


We  will  probably  be  to  rights  in  fairly  decent 
ehape  at  Clerkenwell  Road  by  the  end  of  this  week  and  • 
although  we  are  very  muoh  'crowded  I  am  delighted  to  be 
rid  of  the  Yftllesden  legaoy  and  to  have  our  business  under 
better  and  closer  control  in  the  City.  Our  lease  if  we 
remained  until  the  seven  years  period  expired  would  have 
about  eighteen  months  to  run.  At  the  end  of  that  time 
we  would  have  had  to  make  good  dilapidations  to  the  extent 
of  approximately  £700.  By  the  move  we  save:- 

a.  Expense  of  making  good  delapidations  £700 

b.  Other  fixed  charges  rent,  rates, 

taxes,  water,  light,  heat,  telephone 
insurance,  etc.  Q500  ... 

£5000 

The  above  is  independent  of  decreased  salaries  which 
would  ordinarily  follow  as  result  of  having  our  business 
in  one  instead  of  two  plaoes.  By  getting  into  town  we 
are  going  to  be  in  touch  with  the  trade .  Customers  rarely 
came  out  to  WilleBden  and  there  was  no  reason  for  our 
staying  there  after  we  oeased  manufacturing,  except  the 
faot  we  were  tied  up  with  our  lease.  To  dispose  of  the 
plaoe  and  get  properly  located  in  the  City  was  one  of  the 
first  things  1  had  in  mind  to  do  when  I  came  here  but, 

Mr.  Edison  when  he  visited  London  seemed  to  have  the  idea 
of  using  Willesden  as  a  oentral  distributing  point  for 
Europe  for  Storage  Batteries, and  in  view  of  this  and  our 
uncertainties  as  to  Honnot'o  wanting  the  plaoe,  I  deferred 
action  until  receiving  Mr.  Edison's  authority  given  on 
recent  trip tto  Amerioa,  to  dispose  of  the  plaoe. 


Since  my  last  letter  to  you  we  have  transferred 
to  this  point.  There  is  muoh  I  would  like  to  write 
hut  I  want  to  get  thie  to  you  by  tomorrow's  steamer  and 
will  close. 

I  await  your  cable  advices  as  to  suggested  trip 
for  a  personal  interview  during  which  we  can  clear  up 
many  matters  which  need  attention  but  which  it  is  difficult 
to  write  about  in  detail.  \  a 

Very/truly  yours,  J 


GEORGE  S.  RUNK 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. 


New  York  March  K)C  1913. 


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Dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

Mr.  S.  Bergmann,  with  whom  I  called  on  you 
a  few  weeks  ago,  just  the  day  before  your  birthday,  has  ca¬ 
bled  me  to  communicate  with  you  in  reference  to  Mr.  Adolf 
Mueller,  the  head  of  the  German  Lead  Storage  Battery  Co.  of 
Hagen,  Germany,  who  is  here  at  present,  having  arrived  last 
.Friday. 


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Mr.  Bergmann  suggested  to  me  in  his  cable 
to  go  over  with  Mr.  Mueller  to  see  you,  provided  you  would 
Consent  to  an  interview  for  the  purpose  of  giving  Hr.  Muel¬ 
ler  an  opportunity  to  convince  himself  of  the  great  progress 
the  Edison  Battery  has  made  in  this  country,  thereby  assur¬ 
ing  its  great  future  not  alone  here,  but  abroad  and  all  over 
the  world. 

Mr.  Bergmann  would  like  to  see  Mr.  Mueller 
convinced  of  these  facts  before  the  latter  leaves  for  home 
and  if  you  will  kindly  inform  me  by  return  mail  whether  our 
visit  would  be  agreeable,  I  will  feel  extremely  obliged  to 
you. 


Mr.  Mueller  had  intended  to  meet  Mr.  Berg¬ 
mann  here  but  circumstances  prevented  him  from  accomplishing 
this. 


1  am  also  interest^  financially  in  the  Ger- 
man-Edison  Storage  Battery  Co.  and^Bave  Mr.  Bergmann' s  full 
confidence,  hence  his  confidential  message  regarding  Mr.  Muel¬ 
ler. 

Hoping  to  hear  from  you  soon,  I  remain 


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Thos.  A.Edison,  Esq« , 

Orange, ]T,J. 

Bear  Sir:- 

Referring  to  my  conversation  with  you  yesterday  afternoon 
I  herewith  hand  you  copy  of  letter  sent  to  one  of  our  friends 
abroad  in  August  last,  after  the  conversation  with  you. 

I  understand  you  are  now  prepared  to  enter  into  a  contract 
Company 

with  an  English,  with  a  capital  of  not  less  than  £10,000,  along  the 
lines  of  the  letter  v/ritten  by  me  last  August,  hut  subject  to  the 
following  modifications: 

The  English  Company  is  to  have  its  capital  stock  actually 
and  bona,  fide  underwritten  by  responsible  and  influential  parties 
before  you  will  enter  into  the  contract. 

The  minimum  amount  oof  batt dries  purchased  during  the 
various  years,  are  to  be  purchased  as  follows: 

During  the  first  six  months  after  the  formation 
of  the  company,  none. 

During  the  second  six  months,  not  less  than  400  A  6  cells. 
During  the  third  and  fourth  period  of  six 


months  each  not  less  than — - 2,000  A  6  cells 

every  six  months, 

During  the  third  year  not  less  than-—  4,500  A  6  cells, 
every  six  months, 

During  the  fourth  year  not  less  than  7,500  A  6  cells, 

every  six  months, 

and  thereafter  not  less  than  —  10,000  A  6  cells, 

every  six  months. 


In  case  the  company  fails  to  purchase  its  minimum  allotment 
during  any  period  of  six  months,  its  exclusive  rights  are  to  cease. 

If  the  company,  however,  during  any  previous  period  of  six  months 
cbould  purchase  more  than  its  allotment,  it  is  to  have  credit  for  same 
thereafter. 

You  are  to  give  the  company  the  exclusive  selling  agency 
not  for  the  whole  of  South  America,  as  mentioned  in  said  letter  of 
August  30th,  hut  merely  for  the  countries  of  Erazil,  Uraguay, 

Paraguay,  Argentine  Republic  and  Chile.  You  are  to  establish 
no  distributing  or  selling  agencies  in  these  countries  so  long 
as  the  company  is  not  in  default,  and  not  knowingly  to  sell  the 
exporters  any  batteries  for  the  countries  above  mentioned. 

You  are  to  agree  to  give  a  Spanish  speaking  engineer, 
whom  the  English  company  will  send  over,  an  opportunity  to  thoroughly 
learn  all  about  the  battery  and  to  also  give  him  a  reasonable  amount 
of  batteries  and  other  incidentals  for  demonstration  purposes  in 
South  America. 

Herewith  is  a  list  of  names  of  the  people  in  England  who 
have  indicated  they  care  to  join  in  the  syndicate. 

Kindly  have  Kr.l'eadowcraft  draw  up  the  necessary 
preliminary  contracts,  so  that  Kr.Branford  can  take  same  along  when 
he  leaves  for  England  next  week. 

Hoping  you  will  he  able  to  give  this  your  prompt  attention, 

1  am*  Very  truly  yours  , 


Enclosures. 


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F.  J.  Lisman,  Ksq.., 

30  Broad  Street, 

Hew  York  City. 


Dear  3ir:- 

Heferring  to  our  interview  of  Friday  last, 
at  which  Mr.  Branford  was  present,  and  to  your  favor  of  the  5th 
instant,  concerning  the  exploitation  of  the  Edison  storage 
battery  in  certain  countries  of  South  America,  let  me  say  that 
1  am  ready  and  willing  to  carry  into  effect  the  arrangement  out¬ 
lined  below: 

1.  An  English  Corporation  having  a  capital  stock  of 
not  less  than  ten  thousand  pounds  sterling  is  to  be  formed  with¬ 
in  sixty  days  from  the  date  of  this  letter. 

S.  The  capital  stock  of  said  English  Company  shall  be 


actually  and  fully  underwritten  in  good  faith  by  responsible  and 
influential  parties  before  I  sign  a  contract  with  it. 

3.  Y/hen  such  English  Company  is  formed  and  its  capital 

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stock  fully  underwritten  to  my  satisfaction,  I  will  enter  into  a 

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contract  with  it,  as  follows: 

4.  Subjeot  to  the  performance  by  it  of  the  conditions 


of  such  contract,  I  will  give  to  such  English  Company  the  exclu¬ 
sive  right,  for  fifteen  years,  to  sell  the  Edison  storage  battery 


for  use  in  the  propulsion  of  cars  upon  the  rails  of  street  and 
s  of  South  America, 


inthei.  railroads  in  the  following  countrie; 

^nam|ly,  Brasil,  Uraguay,  Paraguay,  Argentine  Republic- and  Chile. 

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Sub ject-to  'the-  pexforniance  -by'-it-'of  'the'"co'na'>-fions'\ 
(contract ,  I  will  also  give  to  said  English  Cpipany  a  con-\ 
//but  nonexclusive,  right  to  seU^the-  gp^on  storage  battejry 
r&Ll/other  uoefi^  in  the  said  South/ American'  countries  during  said 
^5  °f  i^i^teen  years ;  and  as  long  ^as  jbh'e  said  English  Company  ! 

>ui^ha3es  from  me  tie  minimum  quantity  of  batteries  hereinafter  j 

ironed,  and  carries  out  the^otlier  'conditions  of  the  i 
li)  agree  not  to  esttabli.?! 


'any  distributing 


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bliglf  during  the  continuance!  of  the  agree- 


selling  agencies  in  those;  countries,  and  i 
^als^/ not  to  knowin^fy 'sell  to  exporters  any  storage  batteries  for  ; 

latter  agreement,  however,  shall  not  oper- 


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teat  to  parties  from  or  in  any  such 


countries-  in  any  special  case  or  cases  in  which  I  shall  deem  it 
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fflylaqriibmenl^with  said  English 


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(b)  During  the  next  ensuing  third  and  fourth  periods  of 
six  months  each,  not  less  than  two  thousand  (2,000)  cells  of  Type 
A6  or  the  equivalent  thereof;  every  six  months. 

(c)  During  the  third  year  not  less  than  four  thousand 
five  hundred  (4,500)  cells  of  Type  A6  or  the  equivalent  thereof, 
every  six  months. 

(d)  During  the  fourth  year  not  less  than  seven  thousand 
five  hundred  (7,500)  cells  of  Type  A6  or  the  equivalent  thereof, 
every  six  months. 

(e)  And  thereafter,  during  the  continuance  of  the  agree¬ 
ment,  not  less  than  ten  thousand  (10,000)  cells  of  Type  A6,  or 
the  equivalent  thereof,  every  six  months. 

7.  If,  during  any  period  of  six  months,  said  English 
Company  shall  fail  to  purchase  the  minimum  quantity  of  storage 
■batteries  above  specified,  its  exclusive  rights  shall,  ipso  facto, 
cease,  unless  one  or  both  of  the  two  following  conditions  are 
complied  with: 

(a)  If  said  English  Company  shall  have  purchased  dur¬ 
ing  any  previous  period  of  six  months,  a  quantity  of  storage 
batteries  in  excess  of  its  allotment  for  that  period,  such  excess 
may  be  credited  once  only  to  offset  a  deficiency  in  its  purchases 
during  any  subsequent  period  of  six  months; 

(b)  If  3aid  English  Company  is  in  default  by  reason 

of  its  failure  to  purchase  the  minimum  quantity  of  storage  batterie 
in  any  period  of  six  months  it  may  remedy  such  defaxilt  by  paying 
to  me  within  30  days  thereafter,  &  penalty,  a  sum  in  cash  equiva 
lent  to  ten  per  cent  (10 fo)  of  the^price  of  such  a  quantity  of 
batteries  as  would  represent  the  difference  between  the  minimum 
allotment  and  the  quantity  actually  purchased. 


8<  The  price  to  be  paid  to  me  by  said  English  Company  for 
storage  batteries  which  are  to  be  used  for  the  propulsion  of  cars 
upon  the  rails. of  street  and  other  railroads  shall  be  the  full 
list  price  of  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company.  Cu-  'fct. 

9.  The  price  to  be  paid  to  me  by  said  English  Company  for 
storage  batteries  for  all  other  uses  shall  be  the  list  price  of 
the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  minus  a  discount  of  twenty  (20) 
per  ^ 

10.  For  the  purpose  of  avoiding  misunderstanding,  the  3aid 


list  prices  are  here  mentioned,  namely: 

Type  B  2  ~  $6.00  per  cell 


11.  Should  the  above  list  prices  be  changed  during  the  con¬ 
tinuance  of  the  agreement  herein  contemplated,  the  prices  to  be 
paid  by  said  English  Company  shall  be  changed  in  accordance  there¬ 
with  . 

12.  Payment  for  any  storage  batteries  ordered  by  said  English 
Company  shall  be  made  in  Hew  York  upon  presentation  of  Bill  of 
lading  to  its  representative  or  Bank  in  that  City. 


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When  the  English  Company  is  formed  and  contraot  v/ith  me 
signed,  I  will  give  to  its  Spanish  speaking  engineer  an  opportunity 
to  thoroughly  learn  the  technique  of  my  storage  battery,  and  will 
also  give  him  a  reasonable  quantity  of  batteries  and  incidentals 
jfor  demonstration  purposes  in  said  South  America  countries. 

The  above  in  an  outline  of  the  arrangements  X  am  ready 
to  make.  If  they  are  agreeable  to  our  london  friends  you  can 
advise  me  when  the  organization  of  the  Company  is  under  way  and 
I  will  have  the  contract  drawn  up, in  due  form, so  that  it  v/ill  be 
ready  for  execution  without  lose  of  time  v/hen  the  proper  moment 
arrives. 


Yours  very  truly. 


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good  progress,  but  when  nearly  everything  was  settled  there 
came  this  new  crisis  from  the  Balkan  States  of  which  you  are 
probably  informed  by  the  American  newspapers  .  The  situation, 
instead  of  olearing  up  as  I  expected,  has  been  growing  darker 
and  this  little  country  of  Montenegro  has  nearly  set  the  whole 
of  Europe  on  fire  .  Nobody  oan  yet  tell  how  this  matter  is 
going  to  finiBh,  and  many  of  the  politically  informed  people 
are  expecting  that  we  are  going  to  have  a  European  war,  if 
Austria  does  not  back  down  from  the  position  she  has  taken 
lately  . 

Under  the  oiroumBtanoes  nobody  will  engage 


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in  a  new  enterprise  before  this  matter  is  settled  .  My  fri¬ 
ends  have  requested  me  to  wait  a  little  more,  but  you  can  rest 


M . Thomas  A.Edison ,Esq, . Orange  ,  date  2.5 .13. . 

(  2  ) 

assured  that  t  will  put  this  matter  through  to  your  Batlsfaoti  on. 

I  "know  1  have  been  wrong  in  not  keeping  you  more  post¬ 
ed  on  what  I  was  doing  hut  I  hated  to  write  to  you  before  I  had 
everything  finally  arranged  .  In  the  meantime  I  have  gone  ahead 
developing  the  business  with  my  own  means,  and  I  have  invested  in 
it  a  lot  of  my  own  money,  but  the  results  are  coming,  and  it  puts 
me  in  a  better  position  to  close  a  deal  with  better  advantage 
with  the  people  with  whom  I  am  negotiating  . 

As  you  know  I  have  now  two  contracts,  one  with  the 
Arrol-JohBston  C°  ltd,  and  one  with  the  Dion-Bouton  for  the 
building  of  electric  cars  with  Edison  batteries  exclusively, and 
the  first  electric  taxi  built  by  the  Dion-Bouton  is  now  working 
on  the-  streets  of  Baris,  and  as  soon  as  the  tests  are  finished 
they  are  going  to  be  built  in  series  for  one  of  the  largest  taxi¬ 
cab  companies  of  Paris  . 

The  first  pleasure  car  built  by  Arrol-Johnston  is 
now  out  and  on  trial  ,  and  I  am  going  soon  to  Glasgow  to  approve 
it,  so  that  they  can  go  ahead  . 

Decently  I  have  interested  the  leading  firm  of 
Renault  Preres,  who  as  you  know  are  considered  the  best  automo¬ 
bile  builders  ,  and  thqy  are  now  negotiating  with  me  for  a  con¬ 
tract  for  building  electric  pleasure  and  commercial  cars  with 
Edison  batteries  .  This  will  be  a  big  success,  because  it  is 
very  hard  to  do  anything  with  these  people  . 

In  England  we  have  raised  a  big  interest  on  the 
Edison  batteries  for  traction  ,  and  have  commenced  a  campaign 
in  the  columns  of  the  "Electric  Times"  and  the  "Commercial 

".  ThSBe  two  papers  have  opened  their  columns  to  us  , 


Motor 


DATE  2.5.13 


mT, Edison  Esq,  .  Orange  . . 

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and  X  will  send  you  by  next  mail  a  copy  of  tbe  different 
letters  which  have  been  published,  and  the  answers  we  have 
drawn  from  prominent  electrical  engineers  . 

I  have  been  invited  to  read  a  paper  on  electric  trac¬ 
tion  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Municipal  Electrical  Engi¬ 
neers  Association  which  will  be  held  in  London  at  the  Hotel 
Cecil  next  June,  and  Mr.Seabrook  ,  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Mary leb one  Electricity  Supply  C°  of  London  will  read  this 
paper,  which  we  are  preparing  with  all  data  that  we  are 
gathering  from  the  states  and  European  companies.  It  will 
he  very  complete  and  will  raise  a  big  interest  amongst  the 
electrical  engineers  . 

X  have  been  able  to  interest  with  me  Mr.Jellinek  - 
Mercedes  who  promoted  the  German  and  Austrian  Daimler  C°, 
and  has  made  a  success  of  these  two  enterprises  at  the 
beginning  of  the  automobile  industry  .  He  has  made  a  very 
large  fortune  and  with  his  endorsement  and  support  I  am 
sure  that  we  will  make  a  big  success  of  the  Edison  battery 
eleotrical  vehiole  in  Europe  .  He  had  this  matter  invest¬ 
igated  by  one  of  bis  engineers  Mr.Bobert  von  Shenk,  who  has 
made  a  splendid  report  to  him  on  the  plans  I  have  laid  out 
for  developing  this  business  . 

It  is  therefore  now  a  question  of  a  short  time  before 
I  can  close  this  matter  definitely  and  go  to  Hew  York.  It 
all  depends  on  how  the  European  situation  is  going  to  turn 
out  ,  and  I  hope  that  shortly  this  Balkan  matter  is  going 
to  be  settled  .  You  will  understand  that  under  the  circum¬ 
stances  nobody  wants  to  invest  in  a  large  enterprise  of  this 


M,T. A. Edison  Esq,  Orange .. ... 

(  4  ) 


DATE  2. 5. 12 


sort  if  a  European  w ar  is  going  to  happen  . 

Lord  Montagu  has  returned  from  his  Continental  trip 
and  is  always  very  enthousiastio  about  the  future  of  the 
electric  vehiole,  and  is  ready  to  take  the  chairmanship  of 
my  company  ,  as  soon  as  the  European  situation  is  cleared 
up  . 

Last  weak  T  found  an  Edison  Battery,  which  I  had 
not  sold,  fitted  in  the  Krieger  garage  .  I  investigated 
the  matter  and  found  that  it  came  from  the  German  C°.  I 
wrote  to  the  Deutsche  Edison  Akkumulatoren  0°  asking  them 
how  this  battery  had  come  here,  as  the  manager  of  that  gar¬ 
age  had  been  telling  everybody,  for  the  past  year,  that  he 
was  their  agent,  and  oould  get  the  Edison  battery  into 
France  when  he  wanted  .  I  received  an  answer  from  them  a 
few  days  ago  stating  that  they  had  not  shipped  this  battery, 
but  as  far  as  they  could  know  it  must  have  been  purchased 
in  Berlin  by  Mr. Victor  Herold  who  had, before  leaving  Berlin, 
placed  an  order  . 

You  probably  know  that  Mr.Viotor  Herold  is  the 
son  of  Mr. Herold  of  Morgan  Harjes  &C°  of  PariB  ,  and  waB 
employed  by  the  Deutsche  Edison  Akkumulatoren  C° ,  in  their 
laboratory  .  They  informed  me  that  Mr. Herold  has  left  them 
Deoember  31st.  last  together  with  Mr.Berenz  who  was  the  man¬ 
ager  of  their  workB  .  You  know  Mr.Berenz  as  he  has  been  in 
your  laboratory  at  Orange  learning  the  manufacture  of  the 
Edison  Battery  .  These  two  gentlemen  ,  X  am  informed  ,left 
the  Deutsohe  Edison  Akkumulatoren  C°  to  oorne  to  Paris  to 


! 

M  Thomas  A.  E&i son  Esq.,  Orange  .  date  2.5.15 

(  5  ) 

manufacture  an  alkaline  nlekel-iron  storage  batteiy  in  Pranoe. 
X  suappot  that  with  the  knowledge  they  have  gained  from  the 
Deutsche  Edison  Akkumuiatoren  C°  they  are  going  to  infringe 
your  patents  j  and  I  am  gathering  information  as  to  what  they 
are  doing  now  *s  Anyhow  Mr. Harold  has  purchased  the  battery, 
which  is  a  60  elements  A-6  type;- from  the  Berlin  factory  on 
April  8th.  for  his  own  account  probably  so  as  to  make  demon¬ 
strations  and  compete  against  ub  .  As  soon  a3  I  find  out  I 
wll3  let  you  have  full  details,  but  in  the  meantime  I  would 
like  to  know  what  I  am  to  do  In  the  matter  .  If  this  should 
come  to  the  notice  of  the  people  I  have  interested  with  me  , 
it  would  certainly  cause  new  difficulties,  and  retard  the 
completion  of  the  deal  . 

You  will  see  that  X  have  had  to  cope  with  a  lot  of 
difficulties  and  delays  which  are  not  due  to  my  fault  ,  and 
I  am  convinced  that  nobody  oould  have  done  better  under  the 
oircumstana'es  .  Probably  some  other  people  that  do  not  know 
the  situation  as  I  do,  and  have  not  done  all  the  work  I  have 
bfcen  put  to,  may  have  approached  you  and  tried  to  influence 
you  against  me,  but  I  sincerely  trust  that  you  will  baok  me 
up  for  your  own  interest  as  well  as  mine,  and  that  you  will 
have  a  little  more  patience  as  the  final  results  will  certain¬ 
ly  be  worth  it  . 

Awaiting  your  news. 


FROM  SHE  JiABOEATOpv 


OF 

THOiiAS  A.  EDIS01I, 

OrnnGO,  M.  -•  May  4  th,  1913. 


F.  J.  Lisman,  Esq., 

30  Broad  Stroct, 

How  Fork  City. 

Lear  Sir:- 

Hof erring  to  our  interview  of  Friday  last,  at 
which  lir.  Branford  was  present,  and  to  your  favor  of  tho  5th 
instant,  concerning  tho  exploitation  of  the  F.dison  storage  battery 
in  cortain  countrios  of  South  Amoricr.,  lot  no  say  that  i  an  ready 
and  willing  to  carry  into  offoct  the  arrangement  outlinod  bolow: 

1.  An  English  Corporation  having  a  capital  stoci:  of 
not  less  than  ten  thousand  pounds  sterling  is  to  ho  formed  with¬ 
in  sixty  days  from  tho  date  of  this  lottor. 

Tho  capital  stock  of  said  English  Company  shall 
bo  actually  and  fully  underwritten  in  good  faith  by  responsible 
and  influential  portion  boforo  X  sign  a  contract  with  it. 

3.  When  such  English  Company  is  fornod  and  its 
capital  stock  fully  undorwritton  and  with  Biroctors  or  Stockholders 
to  ray  satisfaction, I  will  onter  into  a  contract  with  it, as  follows: 

4.  Subjoot  to  tho  performance  by  it  of  tho  conditions 
of  cuoh  contract,  I  will  give  to  such  English  Company  tho  exclu¬ 
sive  right,  for  fiftoon  yoars,  to  soil  tho  Edison  Storage  Bnttory 


for  uso  in  tho  propulaion  of  ears  upon  tho  rails  of  street  and  othor 
railroads  in  tho  following  countries  of  South  Anar ica,  nan oly, 
Brasil,  Uruguay,  Paraguay,  Argontino  P.opublic  and  Chile. 

5.  I  will  aloo  civo  to  said  Enel i ah  Conpnnj'  an  Agoncy  right 
to  sell  tho  Edison  Storage  Battery  for  all  other  us os  in  tho  said 
South  American  Countries.  Whilo  ouch  Agency  will  not  ho  occlu¬ 
sive  I  will  not  establish  othor  Agoncioo  in  said  Countrios  during 
tho  fifteen  year  torn  providod  that  said  English  Conpany  worhc  tho 
territory  in  a  nannor  satisfactory  to  no.  Should  said  Conpany 
fail  to  v/orl:  tho  territory  to  ny  satisfaction  I  reserve  tho  right 
to  establish  othor  A.gents  or  soil  tho  storage  hatterios  through 
othor  partios,  but  in  any  such  case  I  will  not  sell  at  any  bettor 
prices  than  I  give  to  tho  said  English  Conpany.  It  should  bo 
understood  thet  in  any  ovent  I  rosorvo  the  right  to  sell  storago 
battorios  direct  (oncopt  for  uso  on  oars)  in  any  special  caso  in 
which  I  shall  doom  it  desirable  so  to  do,  but  no  such  sales  (if  any) 
shall  bo  made  at  noro  favorablo  prices  than  those  given  to  tho  said 
English  Conpany. 

6.  After  I  haro  signed  tho  contract  with  said  English  Con¬ 
pany  it  shall  havo  tho  first  sic  nonths  in  which  to  organir.o  its 
forces  and  dononstrato  tho  storago  battery  in  South  America,  and 
during  that  tino  it  shall  not  ho  roquirod  to  purheaso  battorios, 
but  othorwiso  tho  continuance  of  ny  agroonont  with  said  English 
Conpany  will  rest  principally  'upon  tho  purchase  by  it  fron  no  or 
my  Conpany  of  tho  ninimun  quantity  of  storage  battorios  within 
given  tinos,  as  nentioned  below  in  this  section,  nunoly: 


(a)  During  tho  second  aix  nontho  not  loan  than  four  hundred 
(400)  cello  of  I'ypo  AG,  or  tho  oquivalont  thoroof; 

(b)  During  tho  nor.t  onnuing  third  and  fourth  nor iodu  of 
air.  nontho  oach,  not  loan  than  two  thonanrid  (£,000)  cello  of  Hypo 
A6  or  tho  oquivalont  thoroof;  or  or;/  a  ir.  nontho. 

(c)  During  tho  third  ;/oar  not  loan  than  four  thousand  fire 
hundred  (4,500)  coila  of  Typo  AG  or  the  equivalent  thoroof,  every 
ai:;  nontho. 

(d)  During  tho  fourth  yoar  not  loan  than  seven  thousand 
five  hundred  (7,500)  collo  of  Hypo  A6  or  tho  oquivalont  thereof, 
every  sin  nontha- 

( o)  And  thereafter,  during  tho  continuance  of  the  agroo- 
nont,  not  loss  than  ton  thousand  (10,000)  colls  of  Typo  A6 ,  or  tho 
equivalent  thoroof,  ovary  sir.  nontho. 

7.  If,  during  any  poriod  of  air  nontho,  said  English  Gonpr.ny 
shall  fail  to  ptirchaoo  tho  nininnn  quantity  of  storage  batteries 
above  specified,  its  oxoluoivc  righto  ohall,  ipao  facto,  coaso, 
unlooo  ono  or  both  of  tho  two  following  conditions  arc  conpliod  with: 

(a)  If  said  English  Conpr.ny  shall  havo  purchnsod  during 
any  previous  poriod  of  oix  nontho,  a  .quantity  o i  storage  oattorioo 
in  oxoooo  of  its  allotnont  for  that  poriod,  such  excess  nay  bo 
oroditod  onco  only  to  offset  a  doficicnoy  in  its  purohaooo  during 
an;/  subooquont  poriod  of  oix  nontho.; 

(b)  If  oaid  Engl i ah  Gonpany  is  in  dofault  by  reason  of  ito 
failuro  to  ptirchaoo  tho  nininun  quantity  of  atorago  batteries  in 
any  poriod  of  six  nontho  it  nay  renody  ouoh  dofault  by  paying  to  no 


within  30  days  thoroui'tor,  as  n  ponalty,  n  sun  in  or.sh  oquivalont 
to  ton  por  cont  (10;S)  of  tho  lint  prico  of  such  a  quantity  of 
butteries  an  would  ropronont  tho  difforonco  hotwoon  tho  nininun 
allotment  and  tho  quantity  actually  purchanod. 

8.  Ehe  prico  to  ho  paid  to  no  hy  said  English  Conpany  for 
ntoragc  batteries  which  aro  to  be  uaod  for  tho  propulsion  of  cars 
upon  tho  railn  of  otreot  and  other  railroads  shall  be  tho  full 
list  price  of  tho  Edison  Storago  Battory  Conpany  in  tho  United  States. 

9*  Eho  prico  to  be  paid  to  no  by  said  English  Conpany  for 
storago  battorioc  for  all  other  uson  shall  ho  tho  list  price  of  tho 
Edison  Storago  Battery  Conpany  ninun  a  discount  of  twenty  (SO)  por 


10.  For  the  purposo  of  avoiding  nisunderstanding,  tho  said 


list  pricoa  are  hero  nontionod,  nanoly: 

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13.50  "  " 

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11.  Should  tho  abovo  lint  pricon  ho  ohangod  during  tho  con¬ 

tinuance  of  tho  agroonont  heroin  contonplatod,  tho  prices  to  ho  paid 
by  oaid  English  Conpany  shall  bo  changod  in  acoordnnco  therewith. 


86 .00  " 
33.00  " 

39 .00  " 


12.  faymont  for  any  o  tor  ego  battorioo  ordered  by  said  English 
Company  shall  ho  made  in  How  York  upon  representation  of  Bill  of 
Lading  to  it;,  representative  or  Bank  in  that  City . 

When  tho  English  Company  it  formed  and  contract  with  mo 
signed,  1  will  civo  to  its  Spanish  speaking  engineer  an  opportunity 
to  thoroughly  learn  tho  tochniquo  of  my  atorago  battery,  and  will 
ainc  givo  him  a  roaoonahlc  quantity  of  hattorioo  and  incidentals 
for  demonstration  purposos  in  said  South  American  countrios. 

Sho  nhovo  is  an  outline  of  the  arrangononts  X  am  ready 
If  they  are  agrccablo  to  our  London  friends  you  can 
when  tho  organisation  of  the  Company  is  under  way  and  I 
tho  contract  drawn  up,  in  r.uo  form,  so  that  it  will  ho 
or.ooution  without  loss  of  time  when  tho  propor  moment 

Yours  very  truly, 

!Thoc ..A.  Edison,  . 


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Kr.  Win.  H.  Meadowcroft, 

Edison  Laboratory,  -f 

Orange  -  H.J. 

Hy  dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft : 

I  am  taking  ti 
copy  of  communication,  thi: 
is  self  explanatory 

It  occurre^SKto^ me  that 
occupied,  my  letter  mi not  rj 
for  some  time,  and  as  you 
of  the  proposition  with  me. 


June  2,  1913.  . 

A  <*-*v*"&  ^ 

herewith  a 

6:~«s 

. \Edison  being  so  much 
Jh  hisSpersonal  attention 
kind  enough  to  into  details 
I  had  the  pleasure  of  moet- 
it  advisable  tg/inform  you 


ing  you  at  the  plant,  I  deemed 
in  the  premises. 

Thanking  you  in  advance  for  any  attent 
deavor  you  may  be  able  to  give  to  the  matter  to  theX  end  of 
placing  Mr.  Mitchell  in  possession  of  the  authority  and 
information  which  he  needs. 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Hr.  Thomas  Edison, 
Orange  -  N .  J . 


Dear  Hr.  Edison: - 


Some  weeks  ago,  I  had  the  pleasure  of  calling  upon  you, 
on  behalf 'of  Hr.  C.F.Mitchell,  in  connection  with  the  Foreign  Rights 
of  your  Storage  Battery,  and  the  result  of  that  interview  was  re- 
ported  to  Hr.  Mitchell  who  at  that  time  was,  and  still  is  in  London. 

By  Fridays-  mail  I  again  received  a  letter  from  him,  and 
it  is  herewith  quoted  verbatim  so  that  you  might  have  the  informa¬ 
tion  first  hand. 


"London  -  Hay  21,  1913. 
EDISON  BATTERY. 


It  appears  the  general  Electrio  Its  the^rgest 

obtain  a  contract. 

Jssrsar-rs  ssexns&a  s- 

what  is  olalmed  for  it.  They  state.- 

.1.0  «n*  your  oredentiale,  that  you  are  authorized  to  offer 

the  B.tterlee.  the  price  of  to  oert.ln 

Railroad  Company  adopts  it,  you  a£| presentation  for  the  Bale  of  the 
i^K^^fS^ESSLra^;  Continent)  provided  we 
organize  a  Company  with  sufficient  Capital. 

I  cant  think  ofl  any  plan  to  obviate  the  necessity  °Llive?lies; 
Edison  for  authority,  and  for  information  a  to  p^  Credentials,  and 

S  JK  ™  IHTA  t.lh  capitall- 

zation  at  75,000  Founds,  =  $376,000. 

Do  you  think  Hr.  Edison  will  enter  into  any  agreement  for  demon- 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


1913. 


Mr, 


T.  E. 


strationT  Seems  to  mo  it  will  too  necessary  for  you  to  see  him 
again,  and  get  something  in  way  of  authorization.  Believe  we 
can  get  those  adopted  by  one  of  the  Bus  linos  operating  S00 
Busses." 


Will  you  kindly  advise  me  as  to  what  I  may  reply  to 
Mr.  Mitchell. 

If  it  is  your  pleasure  to  see  me  personally  in  this 
connection,  I  will  toe  glad  to  call  upon  you  at  your  convenience. 


K/J, 


COPY 


June  3rd.  1913. 


Miss.  L.  B.  Koch, 

56  Pine  Street, 

New  York  City. 

My  dear  Miss.  Koch:- 

I  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of 
your  favor  of  the  2nd  instant.  Your  letter  to  Mr.  Hdison 
was  also  received  andrihas  been  laid  before  him. 

He  asked  me  to  say  in  reply  that  he 
is  not  deBirous  of  forming  any  company  abroad.  We  have 
an  agent  in  Europe,  Mr.  John  P.  Monnot,  31  Rue  Daru, 

Paris,  Prance,  who  is  attending  to  these  matters,  and 
he  is  also  selling  the  Edison  Storage  Batteries  in  England. 

Yours  very  truly. 


Wm.  H.  Meadowcroft. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange  -  H.  J. 

Dy  dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

Receipt  of  your  reply  to  my  communication  of  thj^ 
through  Mr.  Meadowcrof t,  is  hereby  acknowledged. 

In  view  of  our  personal  conference  on  Apri^2,  1913  the 
contents  of  this  letter  uurely  is  unexpected,  and  I  am  utterly  unable 
to  understand  your  present  attitude.  As  Mr.  Mitchell  is  operating 
under  the  agreement  which  you  made  with  me  on  the  second  day  of 
April  1913.  I  will  refresh  your  memory  as  to  the  details  of  the  inter¬ 
view. 

After  reviewing  the  correspondence  which  I  submitted,  you 


said  to  me,  "Tell  Mr.  Mitchell  that  no  one  has  authority  to  offer  the 
Foreign  rights  of  the  patents,  and  further  they  are  not  worth  $1,000,000 
nor:  $500,000,  and  Mr.  Mitchell  should  not  pay  this  or  any  amount  to 
anybody.  Tell  Mr.  Mitchell  he  should  be  sure  his  people  are  qualified 
to  assure  success  of  the  enterprise,  and  he  can  have  the  Foreign 
rights  for  ndhhigg.  I  am  in  the  manufacturing  business  and  am  not 
in  stock  promotion.  I  want  to  sell  my  Batteries,  and  do  not  want  any 
deposit  from  Mr.  Mitchell,  I  just  want  evidence  that  his  people  are 
capable  of  placing  the  Battery  on  the  Market." 

Mr.  iieadowcroft  interjected  here,  and  called  to  your  atten¬ 
tion  that  Mr.  Monnot  had  an  option  covering  this  territory.  You  turned 
to  him  and  stated  that  "Mr.  Mondots'  option  had  expired  and  that 
you  were  under  no  obligations  to  him,  expept  morally,  and  as  Mr.  Monnot 
claimed  to  have  an  order  for  5000  Batteries,  you  felt  under  moral 


obligations  to  grant  him  an  interview  upon  hie  arrival,  (he  being 
at  the  time  enroute  to  America)".  Then  turning  to  me,  you  stated 
"If  Mr.  Monnot  has  such  an  order,  or  proppective  order,  I  will 
bring  him  and  Mr.  Mitchell  together,  and  Mr.  Monnot  can  do  business 
with  Mr.  Mitchell." 

This  wa3  reported  to  Mr.  Mitchell  verbatim,  and  it  being 
so  well  known  that  your  toerbal  agreement  is  as  good  as  a  written 
one,  I  did  not  ask  you  to  reduce  this  agreement  to  writing.  Never¬ 
theless,  Mr.  Mitchell  is  operating  under  this  agreement,  and  from 
the  contents  of  his  letter,  which  was  quoted  to  you,  you  will  see 
that  his  people  are  sufficiently  strong  to  justify  placing  in  their 
hands  the  handling  of  a  proposition  as  large  as  yours. 

The  request  that  at  this  time  you  reduce  to  writing  that 
which  you  have  stated  verbally,  and  giving  necessary  written  authori¬ 
sation  is  undoubtedly  of  small  moment  to  you,  but  of  great  importance 
to  Mr.  Mitchell.  Naturally  i£  will  plafle  him  in  a  very  embarrassing 
position  and  one  subject  to  damages,  if  he  is  unable  to  carry  out 
the  agreement  made. 

In  regerring  to  Mr.  Meadowcrof ts '  letter  reading  as  follows: 
"He  asked  me  to  say  in  reply  that  he  is  not  desirous  of  forming  any 
company  abroad."  Prom  Hr.  Mitchells'  letter,  I  fail  to  see  that  he 
expresses  such  desire.  It  is  the  intent  to  organize  a  Company  with 
sufficient  Capital  to  guanantee  success  in  placing  your  Batteries 


NEW  York  city.  June  10,  1913. 

T.A.E. 

#3. 

upon  the  market  in  the  various  Bountries,  in  quantities  satisfactory 
to  you,  -  such  quantities,  time  and  cost  price  should  also  he  men¬ 
tioned  in  your  letter. 

There  is  no  reason  why  Mr.  Monnot  should  not  operate 
with  Mr.  Mitchell  as  agreed  and  they  can  meet  on  the  Continent, 
just  as  well  as  waiting  their  return  to  this  country,  if  you  should 

Tour  early  reply  will  he  appreciated. 


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THE  OLDEST  AND  BEST  ELECTRICAL  WEEKLY.  EVERY  FRIDAY,  Ed. •JfWW Mupplomo 

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ORDINARY  A 


Thofcas  Alva  Edison,  Esq. 
Orange, 

N.J. 


I altshftry  Court, 

\ircet, IlOXDOX,  E.  C. 

4th^u^7«  J9I3* 


My  dear  Sir, 

I  am  sending  you  oopies  of  THE  ELECTRICIAN  contain¬ 
ing  aooount  of  the  first  gonuine  long  distanooroliabilityrunofastorage 
battery  Yehiolo  over  made  in  Europe.  I  fool  that  this  will  be  of  partio 
lar  interest  to  you,  beoauso  tho  battery  employed  was  comprised  of  Edison  _ ^ 
A4  cells,  and  during  both  charge  and  discharge  these  were  worked  practically 
up  to  their  maximum  capacity.  I  had  tho  privilege  of  aoting  on  behalf  of 
thf  ftrctrician  as  observer  during  the  xun,  and  was  afforded  a  unique 
^poS?“  of w??ne,S"he  behaviour  of  both  the  cell. 
equipment  under  exceptionally  severe  operating  conditions.  The  driver, 
who  steered  the  oar  from  start  to  finish,  was  a  man  with  whom  I 
are  personally  acquainted,  Mr.  M.  E.  Fox,  and  who  represents  your  interests 
in  aPteohnical  sense  in  this  oountry.  Mr.  Fox  proved  himself  tobenot 
only  a  oapable  and  careful  driver,  hut  also  a  gonial  and  entertaining 

companion.  Th0  ppo„  notioes  of  the  reliability  run  have  been 

generally  of  an  enthusiastio  character.  In  one  ?r  two  oaees  criticisms 
have  been  offered  as  to  the  method  of  oarrying  out  the  run  with  the  com¬ 
paratively  largo  number  of  charging  stations.  Those  criticisms,  however, 
overlook  the  importanoe  of  making  a  trial  of  this  kind  as  groat  an  adver¬ 
tisement  for  the  oar  as  possible.  Speaking  generally, the  press are  of 
opinion  that  tho  trial  established  the  reliability  of  tho 

under  tourinc  conditions  in  both  the  worst  and  the  best  weather  conditions, 
and*alsoUproved°that  the  central  station  interest,  in  this  country  are 
sufficiently  alive  to  the  importanoe  of  the  olectrio  vehicle  to  afford 
facilities  for  obarging  at  any  hour  of  tho  day  or  night. 

I  am  asking  your  acceptance  of  the  copies  sent 
in  the  hope  that  you  will  bo  good  enough  to  keep  them  by  T™  «*  1 •  ™oord 
of  an  interesting  achievement  in  electrlo  automobilism  J11  the  United 
Kingdom.  Personally,  I  feel  that  the  oentral  station  interest  has  now 
been  sufficiently  aroused  for  the  storage  battory  vehicle  movement  to  go 
5SSd“» ^iSrtJntW  pro,r..«».  lln...  Hl«..rto  u  hm 


“THE  ELECTRICIAN 


Thomas  Alya . Ed is  on.  Esq. 


somewhat  spasmodically  in  this  country.  Now,  however  the  situation 
in  the  gasoline  power  industry  with  its  high  prioo  for  fuel  and 
heavy  repair  costs,  will  force  tho  attention  of  the  motor  public 
in  both  tho  commercial  and  ploasure  senses  into  an  early  aooep.anco 
of  the  straight  electric  vehiolo. 

Personally,  X  trust  that  this  movement  will  be  closely 
identified  with  tho  Edison  battery,  because  I  have  observed  its 
oapaoity  under  operating  conditions  for  withstanding  hoa^T  overload 
charges  and  discharges,  and  that  without  damage,  and  also  its  a**!1** 
to  "keep  going*  under  road  conditions  of  the  most  severe  character. 

I  should  liko  to  record  my  personal  appreciation  of  this 
performanae,  and  also  the  sense  of  ploasure  which  it  gave  me  to  be 
identified  with  so  remarkablo  a  performance. 


With  continued 


wishes  for  the  suooess  of  your  enterprise. 


Believe  mo,  my  dear  Sir, 

Yours  very  cordially, 

"tOX?  iw\ — V*' 


:-R* rnmftrftial  Editor . 


Ill  2 . 


July  21st,  1913. 

Messrs.  Edison^  Hutohison,  ana  Bee: 

Kindly  note  that  Mr. 

j.  F,  Monnot  has  removed  his  London  Office  from  41  Great 
Portland  Street  to  49  Old  Btod  Street.  Corner  Piccadilly, 
London,  West ,  England. 

V/ALTEH  S'fEVSHS^f-, 


Edison  Storage  Battery  Co. 


Orange,N.J.,U.S.A.  July  seth,  1913. 


Dear  Sir: 

.  As  you  are  aware,  it  is  my  intention 
to  return  shortly  to  Hew  Zealand  and  there,  in 
connection  with  Mr.  Wiper,  your  Australian 
representative,  to  engage  in  the  storage  battery 
business. 


Apparently  the  largest  field  at  the 
present  time  is  that  of  storage  battery  traction, 
but  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  use  of  American  made 
cars  is  almost  prohibited  by  high  freight  and  duty 
charges,  it  is  ray  intention  at  your  suggestion,  to 
make  arrangements  in  America  and  build  oars  in 
Hew  Zealand. 


A  serious  obstacle  in  the  way  of  success¬ 
fully  doing  business  in  the  traction  field  in  Hew 
Zealand  is  that  it  has  been  widely  published  and  is 
generally  understood  that  the  Federal  Storage  Battery  Cor 
and  R.  H.  Beach  have  the  exclusive  right  to  use  the 
Edison  Battery  for  traction  purposes  everywhere,  including 
Australia 


In  order  that  I  may  conclusively  controvert 
this  belief,  will  you  not  kindly  adviBe  me  in  writing 
that  said  exclusive  right  does  not  exist. 


Respectfully  yours, 


J  Hf).  feLo-j-c’t*  ; 

Ha. ^ 

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T.  A.  Edison  Esq., 
Orange , 

New  Yersey. 


Oceanic  HolIse, 

Coci^spiJr  Stf^eej,  S.W. 


,  25th  July  1913. 


Bear  Mr.  Edison, 

X  hare  your  letter  ef  the  11th  instant  and 
it  is  very  kind  ef  yeu  indeed  to  write  me  aheut  the  Seuth 
American  countries  and  inasmuch  as  I  had  te  leave  for  the 
centinent  ef  Eurepe  a  few  days  after  I  arrived  in  England  frem 
yeur  side  of  the  water,  it  did  net  give  me  very  much  time  te 
place  the  question  ef  Edison  Storage  Batteries  before  my 
Birecters. 

However,  as  I  have  just  arrived  in  London  frem 
Paris,  I  take  this  early  opportunity  ef  writing  yeu  direct  te 
tell  yeu  that  the  matter  is  new  before  me.  Likewise,  I 
anticipate  being  in  New  York  again  about  the  end  ef 
August  or  the  beginning  of  September  and  will  then  run  out  to 
Orange  to  see  you  and  to  discuss  the  whole  situation. 

In  the  mean  time,  should  anything  interesting 
transpire,  I  shall  immediately  get  into  touch  with  you. 

Let  me  also  take  this  opportunity  ef  thanking  yeu 


2. 

f.r  the  kind  way  .in  which  y.u  received  me  and  ale.  f.r  the 
kindness  I  received  fr.m  the  varieue  memhere  .f  y«ur  Staff, 
and  sh.uld  y.u  at  any  time  find  y.ur  way  in  this  directi.n, 
always  remember  there  is  a  very  warm  welc.me  awaiting  y.u  at 
Oceanic  H.use,  la  C.ckspur  Street.  L.nd.n,  S.  W. 

With  kindest  regards  and  trusting  this  wiil  find 
y.u  quite  well, 

I  am,  Dear  Mr.  Edis.n, 

Y.urs  faithfully,  ^ 


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only  be  a  short  visit,  ns  I  have  to  be  baok  for  th] 
meeting  on  September  2nd" 


VSTJF&i 


Dear  Sir, 

In  the  naco  of  Ur,  3ergriaon,  who  is  at  present  in 
Anerioa,  I  herewith  tee  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  letter 
of  the  25th .  ult .  and  also  the  invoioe  attaohed  thereto. 

Io  the  ne  anti  lie  I  have  asoertained  that  the  Deutsohe 
Edison  Alckunulatoren  Oo.  hove  sent  you  a  substantial  amount 
ty  oheolc,  so  that  your  viish  io  this  respeot  has  teen  oonplied 
with.  At  the  sane  tine  I  have  teen  notified  that  the  Deutsohe 
Edison  Alckurmlatoreo  Oo.  always  settle  their  aooounts 
regularly,  tutyou  must,  of  oourse,  take  into  consideration 
that  a  considerable  tine  elapses,  tefore  the  tubes  shipped 
ty  you  actually  reaoh  the  hands  of  the  aforesaid  Conpariy. 

•/. 


BERGMANN  ELECTRICAL  WORKS  (machine 

H.  F.  Killer  Eaqr-,  Orange  ,  U.  J- 
-2- 

At  the  repeat  of  the  Deutaohe  Edis 
ayaelf  of  thia  opportunity  to  repeat  T 
tutea  you  have  in  order  are  aeapatohed 
You  mill  doubtless  in  the  meantime 
ty  of  diaouBBins  thia  mhole  ratter  mith 


DEPARTMENT). 


so n  Oo.  I  avail 
ou  to  Bee  that  the 
lined  lately, 
have  had  an  opportuni- 
Kr  •  Serena  no . 


August  It,  1913. 


Very  little,  if  any  data  haB  teen  forwarded 
to  Mr.  JfePBSA  during  the  past  year.  He  did  not  even  know 
that  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  had  ordered  the 
larger  number  of  cells.  This  data  will,  of  course,  help  him 
very  much  indeed.  I  have  asked  Jack  Ross  to  bring  over  data 
to  date,  which  he  has  done  today,  and  whioh  X  have  turned 
over  to  Mr.  Monnot.  Will  you  be  kind  enough  to  issue  in¬ 
structions  to  the  Storage  Rattoty  Company  that  Mr.  Ross 
he  detailed  to  supply  Mr.  Monnot  with  all  data  pertaining 
to  the  battery  an  it  comets  out,  along  with  copieB  of  curves 
of  testa  made  on  cells  that  have  been  in  use  on  various 
vehicles. 

Six  copies  of  each  curve  or  data  sheet  should 
be  sent  to  him  for  distribution  among  his  salesmen  and 
engineers. 

I  am  enclosing  herewith  typewritten  memorandum 
to  Mr.  Bee  which  please  Bign  and  forward, 

M.  R.  HUTCHI80H. 


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EDISON  ACCUMULATORS 

49,  OLD  BOND  STREET, 

.M/C.H.A  (COHNfcU  or  1..CCAB.U-V) 

LONDON,  W. 


Saptr. ,  12th  1913 


new  Ct  £dw°n- 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq.  , 

The  Edison  laboratory, 

Orange,  HEW  JERSEY,  U.S.A 


My  Dear  Mr.  Edisont- 

I  beg  to  confirm  my  letter  to  you  of  the  5th  inst., 
in  answer  to  which  I  am  expecting  your  cable,  as  requested. 

I  now  have  pleasure  in  sending  you  herewith  one  copy 
of  the  License  Agreement  between  yourself  and  the  Edison 
Storage  Battery  Co.,  and  the  Edison  Accumulators  ltd.,  and 
myself,  duly  Bealed  by  the  Company  and  signed  by  two  Directors 
via:-  lord  Montagu  and  Colonel  Holden  -  and  the  Secretary. 

I  cannot  send  you  the  other  copy  now  as  lord  Montagu 
did  not  sign  it  and  is  still  away  in  Scotland.  I  will  get 
to  sign  it  on  his  return  and  mail  it  to  you,  when  X  will 
ask  you  to  send  me  back  the  fourth  copy  which  your  attorney 
has  retained. 


Mr.  Drake  -  of  Messrs.  Drake  &  Gorham  ltd.,  -  has 
insisted  on  being  on  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Company,  anq 
as  you  know, he  is  a  very  good  man.  The  Board,  therefore,  is 
now  complete  and  the  prospectus  has  been  amended  to  read  with 
the  terms  of  the  License  Agreement  you  have  rendered  us. 


X  am  Bending  you  herein  final  copy  of  the  prospectus, 
in  which  you  will  see  I  have  suppressed  the  reference  to  the 
quotation  of  the  stock  on  the  London  Stock  Exchange.  But,  as 
I  wrote  you  in  my  last  letter,  I  am  expecting  to  receive  your 
consent  to  the  listing  of  same  later  on,  as  it  will  be  necoB- 
-sary  that  we  should  be  able  to  tell, verbally,  the  subscribers 
that  this  will  be  done. 

I  am  pleased  to  inform  you  that  I  have  received  to-daj 


ACCUMULATORS, 


2. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq, 


confirmation  of  an  order  from  the  Ilford  Urban  District  Council 
for  an  Edison  Battery  Tower  Wagon,  on  a  one-ton  chassis  - 
for  the  repairs  to  trolley  v/ire ,  for  their  Tramway  Department . 


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EDISON  ACCUMULATORS,  LTD., 


40,  OLD  BOND  STREET, 
LONDON,  W. 


5th  Septr. ,  1S13  jlo 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

The  Edison  Laboratory, 
Orange  ,  KEVT  JERSEY. 


My  Dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

X  arrived  here  last  Saturday  by  the  steamship 
"Olympic"  and  had  a  very  pleasant  crossing. 

As  it  was  a  weelc-ond  I  was  unable  to  get  in  'touch 
with  lord  Montaguand  the  other  Directors  of  our  Company,  who 
were  away  on  vacation. 

I  submitted  the  contract  you  have  signedtoour 
and  fairness  of  same. 

38SVSJ  £££*S.S  ££«<•:  »'it  i. «» »iy  t. 

dispose  of  and  purchase  shares. 


We  tells  me  that  all  Industrial  and  Business  Com- 

-panies  in  England  are  1 1  in*  s ame* ° end^h  at?S  i do 

it  does  not  imply  any  sampling  *£!**“*.  X,cVc  ulted,  it  will 
not  have  your  authorization  to  n  our  Btock  sub- 

^scribedTfor  ™ ’intend’doinL  in  accordance  with 

your  wishes. 

X  am  enclosing  a  letter  from  our  So.llc^?^d'ifSSrB* 

5i"  “5K  ^ASS-t  t  u.ti™  .i  if 


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EDISON  ACCUMULATORS,  CONTINU. 


Thos.  A.  Edison.  Bag., 


stock,  so  that  we  may  tell  the  people  taking  an  interest  that 
wo  will  have  it  listed  when  nece SBary. 

Of  course  it  iB  not  our  intention  to  have  the  stock 
listed  before  it  is  all  subscribed  privately,  but  we  must  be 
able  to  giTe  them  assurance  that  it  will  be  done  at  a  future 
date. 


As  it  is  a  matter  of  great  importance  to  myself 
and  to  the  Company  to  have  your  consent  without  delay,  1 
urgently  request  you  to  send  me  a  cable  giving  your  consent 
and  confirm  it  by  letter  at  your  earliest  convenience. 

X  am  unable  to  send  you  back  the  copies  of  the 
contract  sealed  and  signed  by  my  Company,  by  this  mail,  as  I 
can  only  arrange  for  a  Board  Meeting  in  the  early  part  of 
next  week. 

Lord  Montagu  is  away  in  Scotland  shooting  grouse;  as 
you  know  it  is  the  shooting  season  in  England  and  he  would 
not  miss  the  opening. 

Colonel  Holden  is  also  away  and  I  have  not  been  able 
to  see  him  since  my  return,  but  I  am  assured  that  he  will  be 
back  in  the  early  part  of  next  week,  and  I  will  therefore  have 
the  matter  in  order  so  as  to  be  able  to  send  you  by  next  week's 
mail. 

X  attended,  on  the  1st  inst.,  the  meeting  of  the 
provincial  Agents  of  Arrol— Johnston  Ltd.,  at  their  new  works  at 
Dumfries ,  and  I  gave  them  a  lecture  on  the  Edison  Storage 
Battery  and  oh  Electric  Cars,  and  they  all  seemed  to  be 
very  much  interested  . 

The  contracts  for  the  Agencies  for  sale  of  Electric 
Cars  are  being  now  placed,  and,  before  leaving  Dumfries,  I 
was  assured  by  Mr.  Pullinger  that  Borne  of  them  were  contract- 
-ing  for  as  muoh  as  twenty  cars. 

(anxioug?  The  prospect  of  immediate  business  is  good  and  I  am 
veryYtofinish  the  Company's  matters  so  as  to  devote  all  my 
time  to  the  development  of  the  business. 

We  secured  yesterday  an  order  for  a  one  ton  commer- 
-cial  car,  which  will  be  followed  by  an  order  for  five  or  six 

We  have  also  sold  a  battery  of  184  A. 4  cells  for  a 
small  power  station. 

I  am  also  informed  that  the  committee  of  the  Council 


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Thog.  A.  Edison,  Bag. 


of  the  town  of  Ipswich  have  recommended,  the  purchase  of  four 
Electric  busses  with  Edison  Batteries,  for  which  we  quoted 
them  sometime  ago,  and  it  is  now  only  a  matter  of  form  as  to 
when  we  can  expect  to  get  the  order. 

V/e  have  further  a  very  promising  enquiry  for  nine 
tramway  battery  cars  for  a  Beaside  resort  in  the  North  of 
England,  and  we  have  all  chances  of  getting  the  order  for 
same. 

Hr.  Stevens  was  in  my  office  yesterday  and  we  had 
a  long  conversation  about  the  business  here  and  he  seemed  very 
satisfied  with  the  progress  we  are  making. 

Av/aiting  your  news,  I  remain,  with  best  regards, 


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5, The  Sanctuary, 

Westminster,  S.W. 


Dear  Sir, 

Edison  Accumulators  Limited. 

Ue  are  instructed  to  ask  you  to  apply  to  Kr.  Edison 
for  his  consent  to  the  Company  obtaining  a  quotation  of  their 
Shares  on  the  London  Stock  Exchange. 

In  this  oountry,  all  Companies  with  a  capital  of 
£50,000  and  upwards  apply,  as  a  matter  of  course,  to  have  their 
Shares  quoted  on  the  Stock  Exohang o,  aB  this  is  the  only  means 
by  whibh  Shareholders  oan  either  increase  their  holdings,  or 
dispose  of  any  part  they  may  deBire  to  sell.  If  there  is  no 
quotation  on  the  Stock  Exchange,  there  is  in  this  country  no 
market  in  the  Shares,  so  that  any  Shareholder  desiring  to  either 
buy  more  shares,  or  reduce  his  investment,  would  have  to 
advertise  in  the  paperB  for  a  buyer  or  seller,  or  would  have  to 
apply  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Company  to  know  if  he  knew  of  any 
buyer  or  seller.  The  only  other  alternative  would  be  to  dial 
^Aa'what  are  known  as  outsold  a  Brokers,  which  iB  generally  found 


-  1  - 


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to  be  a  very  disadvantageous  system,  aB  such  Brokers  are  not 
under  the  control  of  the  Stock  Exchange  Committee  and,  taken 
as  a  whole,  are  not  a  desirable  class  to  have  any  dealings 
with. 

We  shall  be  glad  if  you  will  represent  those  diffi¬ 
culties  to  Mr.  Edison  and  obtain  his  consent  to  the  Company 
applying  for  an  offioial  quotation  on  the  London  Stock  Exchange. 


J.  F.  Eonnot  Esq. , 

49,  Old  Bond  Street, 


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Jill  AGREEMENT  made  this  twentieth  day  of  September 
One  Thousand  nine  Hundred  and  Thirteen,  between  THOMAS  ALVA 
EDISON,  of  'tfOBt  Orange,  How  Jersey,  U.  3.  A.,  (hereinafter 
oallod  Mr.  Edison),  of  the  first  part,  EPISOH  STORAGE  BATTERY 
COMPANY,  a  corporation  of  the  State  of  Hew  Jtersey,  U.  3.  A., 
having  an  office  at  V7est  Orango  in  said  State,  of  tho  second 
part,  12)13011  ACCUMULATORS,  LIMITED,  of  49  Old  Bond  Street, 
London  (hereinafter  called  the  Company)  of  the  third  part, 
and  ,7 0131  FSREEOL  UOITHOT,  of  London,  Great  Britain,  of  the 
fourth  part  (hereinafter  called  Mr,  Ilonnot). 

'.'HER 3 AS ,  Mr.  Monnot  is  the  owner  of  the  exclu¬ 
sive  sales  rights  for  the  sale  of  Edison  Storage  BattorioB 
in  tho  British  Islos,  with  the  except  ion  of  sales  of  batter¬ 
ies  for  Government  use;  end 

WHEREAS,  tho  parties  hereto  desire  to  terminate 
and  cancel  said  rights;  and 

"dIERSAS,  the  Company  desires  to  acquire  a 
lioense  from  Ur.  Edison  to  soil  Edison  storago  Batteries  in 
the  British  Isles  (which  shall  include  the  Isle  of  Han  and 
the  Channel  Islands),  and  desiroe  to  purchase  from  the 
Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  Edison  Storage  Batteries  on 
tho  terms  and  subject  to  tho  conditions  hereinafter  men- 
ti  on  ed : 

ITO'W,  THEREFORE,  it  is  hereby  agreod  by  ana  be¬ 
tween  the  parties  heroto  as  follows: - 

(1)  All  arrangements  and  agreements  relating  to  tho 
Edison  Starago  Battery  previously  entered  into  by  and  be¬ 
tween  Mr.  Edison  and  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  and 
either  of  them  of  the  one  part,  and  Mr.  Honnot  of  tho  other 


(1) 


part  are  hereby  cancelled  and  terminated,  and  Ur.  Uonnot  hero, 
by  releases  Hr.  Edison  and  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company 
from  any  and  all  claims  which  Hr.  Hon not  has  or  may  have 
against  Mr.  Edison  and  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  company 
and  either  of  them  under  any  and  all  of  said  prior  arrange¬ 
ments  and  agreements. 


j  (2)  Subjeot  to  the  terms  of  this  Agreement,  Mr. 

Edison  grants  to  the  Company  the  Bole  and  exclusive  right 
(viith  the  exception  hereinafter  sot  forth)  to  sell  end  to 
grant  licenses  for  the  sale  and  use  a?  Edison  Storago  Batter¬ 
ies  in  the  British  Isles,  togother  with  the  solo  and  exclu¬ 
sive  benefit  in  the  British  Isles  for  the  purposes  hereof 
of  any  improvement  in  such  storago  batteries  which  Hr .Edison 
may  invent  and  put  into  commercial  use  within  ten  (10)  years 
from  the  date  hereof,  hut  the  right  md  benefit  herein  grant¬ 
ed  does  not  include  any  right  to  sell  Edison  Storage  Batter- 
i 03  for  use  in  submarine  vessels  belonging  to  or  for  use  by 
the  British  Itavy,  or  any  right  to  grant  licenses  for  suoh 
sale  or  UBe,  and  does  not  include  the  right  to  manufacture 
Edison  Storage  Batteries  or  to  carry  out  any  stop  in  their 
manufacture  oxcopt  the  filling  and  forming  hereinafter  re¬ 
ferred  to.  It  is  furthermore  provided  that  Ur.  Edison  ex¬ 
pressly  roservoB  the  right  to  license  and  to  permit  the  Ford 
Motor  Company  to  import  Ford  cars  into  the  British  Isles 
equipped  or  provided  for  starting,  lighting,  ignition  and 
signal  purposes  with  Edison  Storage  Batteries  manufactured 
and  supplied  hy  the  Edison  Storago  Battery  Corapcny  and  to 
use  and  sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of  said  ears  in  and  for 
use  in  the  British  Isles. 

(3)  -  It  is  mutually  agreed  that  Ur.  Honnot-  shall  be 
and  continue- to  be  Managing  Director  of  the  Company  for  a 
period  of  ten  (10)  years  from-  the  date  hereof,  and  in  fine 
event  that  tho  position  of  Monaging  Director  shall  be  vacat- 


(2) 


od  to  l<!r.  Monnot  hy  death  or  otherwise,  the  Company  agrees 

that  his  successor  shall  ho  a  P®®®"  bLt  skill  and 

The  Company  aid  iff.  Monnot  agree  to  use  their  best  skill  ana 

ability  in  promptly  and  energetically  pushing  the  Bale  and 
use  of  EdiBOn  Storage  Batteries  in  the  British  Isles.  The 
Company  agrees  that  its  paid  up  capital  stock  shall,  within 
two  (2)  months  of  the  execution  of  thiB  agreement,  amount  to 
at  least  tho  snra  of  Fifty  Thousand  Bounds  (BCO.OOO)  and  also 
agrees  that  so  long  us  this  agreement  shall  continue,  suf¬ 
ficient  additional  capital  will  he  furnished  by  tho  Company 
and  suitable  aid  sufficient  organization  provided  to  create 
adoauato  public  demand  for  Edison  storage  Batteries,  and  to 
oare  for  and  supply  said  demand.  Tho  Company  ugroos  that 
its  stock  shall  not  bo  listed  on  tho  Exchange  unloes  with  thj 
consent  of  Mr.  Edison  expressed  in  writing.  The  Company 
agrees  not  to  use  its  capital  or  any  of  it  for  manufacturing 
storage  batteries,  but  only  for  the  promotion  of  the  sales 
of  Edison  Storago  Batteries,  and  agrees  that  all  exclusive 
contracts  for  the  sale  and  other  disposition  of  said  Edison 
Batteries  made  with  its  customers  shall  he  subject  to  the 
approval  of  Mr.  Edison,  and  shall  bo  submitted  to  him  for 
such  approval.  The  Company  further  agrees  that  it  will  make 
no  exclusive  contracts  with  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
of  such  character  as  to  docroaso  or  he  likely  to  decrease  th 
sales  of  the  said  storago  batteries,  unless  with  the  consent 
of  Mr.  Edison  and  the  Edison  Battery  Company. 

(4)  Tho  Company  agroos  to  purchase  from  Ur.  Edison 
and  the  Edison  Storago  Battery  Company  all  tho  storago 
batteries  which  it  shall  acquire  or  require  for  its  cwn  use 
or  to  supply  tho  demand  of  tho  British  IdIob. 

(B)  Tho  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  agrees  to 


I 


(3) 


supply  the  Company  with  Edison  Storage  Battorios  of  tho  most 
improved  standard  oommorcial  typeB,  not  to  exceed  a  maximum 
of  three  thousand  (3000)  Type  A-4  Colls,  or  their  equivalent 
in  rated  ampere  hour  capacity,  per  month,  and  to  supply  it 
with  such  additional  cells  as  may  be  necessary  to  moot  its 
requirements,  provided,  however,  that  tho  Edison  storage 

Iattory  Company  shall  have  the  right  to  require  at  least  six 
6)  months  notice  from  the  Company  for  each  fifty  porcen  t 
50/5)  increase  in  the  aforesaid  rate  of  supply,  and  provided 
rurthermore,  that  the  total  ampere  hour  capacity  which  the 
Mi  son  Storago  Battory  Company  shall  he  required  to  supply 
;o  tho  Company  hereunder  in  any  month  shall  in  no  case  he 
acre  than  fifteen  percent  (lBg)  of  tho  total  monthly  com- 
aercial  output  of  tho  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company,  it 
being  understood  that  in  calculating  said  fifteen  percent 
(1555),  the  output  of  batteries  made  for  manufacturers  under 
special  contracts  between  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company 
and  said  manufacturers  for  which  tho  factory  of  tho  Edison 
Storago  Battory  Company  has  been  or  shall  be  enlarges  to 
fulfill  said  oontraots  shall  not  he  included  in  computing 
tho  aforesaid  commercial  output  while  said  special  contracts 
axe  being  fulfilled.  It  is  expressly  agreed  that  the  Edison 
Storage  Battory  Company  shall  be  relieved  of  all  liability 
under  this  paragraph  in  case  performance  thereof  is  rendered 
impossible  by  fire,  strike,  riot,  or  act  of  God  or  tho 
public  enemy;' 

(6)  she  Company  ngreos  to  pay  United  States  list 
prices  for  all  cells  purchased  under  this  Agreement,  loss 
twenty  percent  (2o£)  and  two  percent  (#)  discount,  de¬ 
livered  f.o.b.  steamship  dock,  London;  terms  cash  thirty 
days  sight  draft  with  all  documents  upon  acceptance  of  draft; 


(4) 


Iuty  ancl  oil  landing  ohargoB  to  bo  paid  by  the  Company. 

Che  Edison  Storage  Battory  Company  agroos  not  to 
aiso  the  list  price  of  said  .4-4  cells  and  other  standard 
ells  now  obtaining  in  tho  United  Stotes,  and  in  case  there 
hould  bo  any  redaction  in  the  list  price  of  said  colls  dur- 
ng  tho  continuance  of  this  Agreement,  tho  Edison_ Storage 
attery  Company  agrees  to  give  the  Company  the  benefit  of 
uch  reduction,  and  to  allow  tho  discounts  above  provided 
pon  tho  now  list  pricos,  and  should  there  be  a  general  in¬ 
crease  in  tho  discount  allowed  to  electric  vehicle  raanufaot- 
rers  from  the  United  StateB  list  prices  of  said  cells  during 
iho  continuance  of  this  Agreement,  the  Edison  Storago  Battory 
iompany  agrees  to  give  the  Company  the  benefit  of  such  in¬ 
crease  in  discount.  Che  provisions  of  this  paragraph  shall 
apply  also  in  the  event  that  the  right  heroin  granted  shall 
have  beon  changed  from  an  exclusive  to  a  non-exclusive  right 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  thirteen  (13) 
hereof. 

(7)  it  is  understood  and  agreed  that  the  ceils  sold 
by  the  Edison  Storage  Battory  Company  and  pruchased  by  the 
Company  hereunder  shall  be  manufactured  nnd  suppliod  complete 

I  with  the  exception  of  the  liquid  electrolyte,  but  tho  necess¬ 
ary  amount  of  "First-Fill"  electrolyte  in  dry  form  will  be 
suppliod  with  each  cell,  so  that  the  same  can  be  mixed  with 
distilled  water  placed  into  tho  colls  and  tho  cells  formed 
by  the  Company.  5ho  Company  assumes  all  expenses,  including 
rent,  electric  current  and  other  requisites  in  connection 
with  filling  and  forming  the  colls  purchased  by  it. 

I  (8)  Che  Company  agrees  to  pay  Iir.  Edison  a  royalty 

on  each  cell  supplied  to  it  hereunder,  at  the  rate  of  thirty 


(5) 


cento  (So.  30)  for  each  A-4  cell  or  its  equivalent  in  amp  or  o 
hour  capacity  as  rated  by  tbo  Ed icon  Storage  Battery  company, 
in  addition  to  the  prices  hereinbefore  provided.  The  follow¬ 
ing  schofule  shows  the  royalties  to  bo  paid  hereunder  compu¬ 
ted  upon  the  aforesaid  basis  for  certain  types  of  Edison 
Colls  enumerated  in  said  schedule:-' 


TYPE 


RASED 

AMPERE  HOUR  CAP AO IS Y 


ROYALTY  PER  CELL 


B-2 
B-4 
B-6 
A-4 
A- 6 
A-B 
A-10 
A-12 


80 

120 

150 

225 


§0.08 

0.16 

0.24 


0.45 

0.60 

0.75 

0.90 


She  said  royalty  is  to  be  paid  to  Hr.  Edison  only  so  long  as 
any  British  patont  on  storage  battorios  or  any  improvement 
therein  owned  or  controlled  by  Mr.  Edison  shall  remain  in 
force.  She  expiration  or  lapsing  of  all  of  said  patents 
shall  not  r dL ease  tho  Company  from  its  obligation  to  purchase 
from  Hr.  Edison  or  from  tho  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company 
all  tho  storage  batteries  retired  by  it,  the  intent  ana 
essence  of  this  Agreement  being  that  the  Edison  Storage  Bat¬ 
tery  Company  or  Hr.  Edison  shall  always  ho  tho  manufacturer 
of  said  storage  batteries,  and  that  the  Company  shall  carry 
on  tho  husinoss  of  selling  and  otherwise  disposing  of  said 
storage  batteries  in  the  British  Isles  as  herein  provided. 
She  aforesaid  royalties  shall  he  payable  qiartorly  to 
Hr.  Edison  at  West  orange,  new  Jersey. 

(9)  She  Company  agrees  to  deposit  with  Hr.  Eli  son 
vd thin  two  (2)  months  of  the  dato  of  this  Agreement  tho  sum 
of  Twenty-five  Thousand  Dollars  ($25,000)  an  advunoo  pay¬ 
ment  of  the  royalties  payable  under  paragraph  eight  (8) 


hereof.  One-half  (1/2)  of  tho  royalties  duo  each  year  to 
Mr.  SdiBon  hy  the  Company  will  ho  payable  out  of  this  advance 
payraont  until  the  same  is  exhausted,  and  the  other  half  will 
ho  paid  in  oaBh  by  the  Company  os  aforesaid,  and  when  said 
advance  payment  is  exhausted,  the  entire  amount  of  said 
royalties  will  bo  paid  in  cash  by  tho  Company  as  aforesaid. 

In  case  of  broach  of  this  Agreement  by  the  Company,  any  bal¬ 
ance  of  the  said  advance  payment  remaining  in  the  hands  of 
Mr.  Edison  shall  be  forfeited  to  jar.  Edison  ub  liquidated 
damages, 

(10)  She  Company  agrees  to  pay  all  expenses  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  wtrking  of  all  patents  on  the  Edison  Battery 
in  the  British  Isles  owned  or  controlled  by  Mr.  Edison,  and 
Kr.  EdiBon  agrees  to  pay  tho  Government  fees  on  such  of  said 
patents  as  ho  desires- to  maintain  in  force.  In  tho  event 
that  Mr.  Edison  shall  desire  to  permit  any  of  enid  patents  to 
lapBC,  ho  shall  notify  the  Company  of  his  intention  not  to 
pay  tho  Government  foe  for  the  maintenance  of  such  patent  at 
least  one  month  boforo  said  foe  must  be  paid,  and  the  Company 
shall  have  tho  right,  if  it  so  elects,  to  pay  such  fee  and 
maintain  Baid  patent  in  foroe.  She  cost  of  any  litigation 
under  said  patontB,  including  the  prosecution  of  patent  suits 
to  protoot  tho  Company  from  infringement  by  others  and  tho 
defense  of  patent  suits  based  upon  tho  sales  or  use  of  the 
Edison  Storage  Battery  within  the  British  Isles  shall  bo  paid 
one-half  (1/2)  by  Kr,  Edison  and  one-half  (1/2)  by  the  Com¬ 
pany. 

(11)  The  company  agrees  not  to  sell  or  otherwise  dis¬ 
pose  of  Edison  Storage  Batteries  outside  of  tho  British  Isles 
nor  license,  sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of  Edison  Storage  Bat- 


(7) 


II 


terios  for  use  outside  of  tho  British  Islos,  and  agrees  that 
in  all  Bales  and  leases  of  and  lloonBos  for  the  use  of  such 
butteries,  it  ohall  be  expressly  stipulated  that  the  batter¬ 
ies  shall  not  be  resold  or  licensed  for  sale  or  used  outBido 
of  tho  British  Isles. 

(12)  Shis  Agreement  shall  bo  binding  upon  and  inure 
to  the  benefit  of  the  heirs,  successors,  assigns  and  other 
legal  representatives  of  the  respective  parties  hereto,  but 
the  sarao  shall  not  bo  transferable  or  assignable  by  tho  Com¬ 
pany  until  the  proposed  transferee  or  assignoo  shall  have 
been  first  approved  by  tho  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  and 
by  Ur.  Edison,  if  living,  aid  shall  have  agreed  in  writing 
to  accept  all  the  terras  and  conditions  hereof. 

(15)  In  case  of  default  or  breach  by  the  Company  of 
any  of  the  conditions  horoin  contained,  the  exclusive  license 
heroin  granted  may  ho  terminated  by  ninety  (90)  days  notice 
to  the  Company  in  writing  by  Mr.  Edison  or  tho  Edison  Storage 
Battery  Company,  but  tho  Company  shall,  nevertheless,  have 
a  non-exclusive  right  to  purchase,  use  and  dispose  of 
Edison  Storage  Batteries  in  the  British  Isles  and  for  use 
therein,  and  tho  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  shall  he 
bound  to  supply  Edison  Batteries  to  tho  Company  under  tho 
terms  sot  forth  in  paragraphs  five  (5),  six  (fi),  seven  (7) 
and  eight  (8)  hereof  so  long  us  the  Edison  Storage  Battery 
Company  shall  continue  to  manufacture  and  sell  Edison  Storage 
Batteries  and  so  long  as  tho  Company  shall  continue  to  make 
prompt  and  punctual  payments  hereunder  and  shall  not  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  four  (4)  and  eleven  (11) 
hereof.  It  is  mutually  agreed,  however,  that  Mr.  Edison 
and  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  and  either  of  them 


(8) 


Lay,  upon  ninety  (90)  clays'  notice  In  writing  to  the  Company, 
terminate  and  cancel  this  agrooraont  absolutely  in  the  event 
that  the  Company  should  wilfully  violate  any  of  the  provi¬ 
sions  of  paragraphs  four  (4)  and  eleven  (11)  hereof.  The 
Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  shall  not  bo  required  to  sup¬ 
ply  the  Company  with  any  storage  batteries  in  the  event  that 
the  Company  shall  fail  to  nalco  the  payments  re<u  ired  here- 
Junder. 

(14)  If  any  dispute  or  difforonoe  shall  arise  between 
L.  Edison  and  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  or  either 
of  them  on  the  one  hand  and  tho  Company  and  hr.  Monnot  or 
j  either  of  thorn  on  tho  other  hand  touching  those  presents  or 
the  oonstruction  hereof  or  any  danse  or  thing  horoln  con¬ 
tained  or  any  mattor  in  any  way  connooted  with  those  presonts 
or  tho  operation  thoroof,  or  tho  rights,  duties,  or  liabili¬ 
ties  of  any  party  in  connection  with  the  promises  or  as  to 
tho  sufficiency  of  the  effort  to  croate  a  demand  for  Edison 
Batteries,  or  as  to  the  sufficiency  of  tho  capital  md  or¬ 
ganization  to  supply  such  demand,  then  and  in  ovory  or  any 
such  case  the  matter  in  dispute  or  difference  shall  bo  re¬ 
ferred  to  arbitration  in  London  to  a  single  arbitrator  in 
ease  tho  parties  to  the  dispute  or  difference  can  agree  upon 
one,  othorwise  to  two  arbitrators  (one  to  be  appointed  by  tho 
Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  and  Ur.  Edison,  if  living,  and 
[the  other  to  ho  appointed  by  the  Company  and  Mr.  Monnot,  if 
Living)  or  the  umpire  of  said  arbitrators,  and  in  oither  oase 
L  accordance  with  and  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Ar- 
jbitration  Act,  1089. 

(15)  This  Contract  shall  bo  construed  and  tnlce  effect 
3  a  contract  made  in  England,  and  in  acoordanoo  with  tho 
British  Law. 


(9) 


AS  V.'ITWKSS,  the  hands  and  seals  of  MS.  Bdison  anc 
la?,  Monnot,  and  the  Common  Seals  of  the  Edison  Storage  Bat¬ 
tery  Company  and  the  Company,  the  day  and  year  first  above 
written. 


Signed,  Sealed  and  Deliver  od 
by  Mr.  Edison  in  the  proBoneo 
of: 


IChomas  A.  Edison 


II,  a.  Hutchison 


Cho  common  Seal  of  Sdison  Storage 
Battery  Company  was  affixed  hereto 
in  the  presonco  0f: 


ghos  A,  Sdison 
“Resident" 

Attest: 


•,7m.  H.  Mead  owor oft 
Secretary 


She  Common  Seal  of  tho  Company  was 
affixed  hereto  in  tho  presence  of: 


Montague 
H.O.L.  Holden 


)  Directors 
) 


J.  St on bury 
Secretory 


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IDT,  Konnot  in  the  presence  of: 

J.F.  Mon not 


I.I.D .  Hutchison, 


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CONTRACT  ESIIJTES  THURSDAY 
EDISOE . 


TRANSLATION:  COKTEACT  EAP-CT  TO  NORiVARD  ABOUT  THURSDAY 


EDISON 


r  w* 


I  herewith  confirm  my  cablegram  reading 

"Your  offer  new  Edison  contract  per  your  memorandum 
is  accepted.  Aend  official  contract.  Telegraph" 

and  in  connection  therewith  would  say  that  after  numerous  confe. 
rences  and  lengthy  discussions,  I  have  finally  been  successful 
in  inducing  the  Hagen  people  to  accept  your  proposition,  as  per 
your  memorandum,  which  reads  as  follows 

1  -  New  oontract  -  Abrogate  the  old  one. 

2  -  Royalty  of  36  cents  per  A  4  basis  payable  quarterly. 

3  -  Minimum  royalty  60,000  marks  yearly. 

A  -  Shall  pay  me  $40,000.  on  signing  contract,  indepen¬ 
dent  of  royalties. 

6  -  Guarantee  not  to  authorise  others  to  make  or  sell 
or  themselves  sell  directly  or  indirectly  in  coun¬ 
tries  outside  of  G,  Aft  Hungary  for  *  period  of 


-  1  - 


BERGMANN  ELECTRICAL  WORKS  (machine  department). 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison. 


ten  years  from  date  of  the  contract. 

6.-  This  contract  will  extend  to  1920  and  then  expire, 
except  as  to  exportation. 

7  -  Edison  will  furnish  at  expense  of  the  Co  all  necessary 
drawings  of  the  machinery  in  use  at  the  date  of  this 
oontract. 

a  -  Go  agree  to  pay  patent  taxes  oh  all  patents  in  list 

9  -  s/sru  .sif  ir«  sr^itra 

the  license  ceases 


• 


I  am  now  looking  forward  to  your  official  contract,  which,  I 
trust,  you  will  have  mailed  me  by  the  time  this  reaches  you. 

Kow,  it  is  really  up  to  you,  Edison,  to  make  these 
royalties  a  big  income  for  yourself,  by  keeping  us  fully  advised 
as  to  the  latest  improvements,  as  the  Company,  with  the  opposi¬ 
tion  of  the  Tudor  concern  eliminated  and  endowed  with  the  neces- 
aary  capital,  should  prove  a  great  success.  However,  you  must 
make  your  rates  for  tubing  reasonable,  as  the  Company  does  not 
intend  to  make  these  over  here.  T^^ilI_r9COllect  that  y°u 
told  me  the  pri^of  the  jtubesjgo^^e  .IJl^g^..  **«  artjort  .... 

Please  have  this  coat  figured  up  for_me_at_onoe 


yrnw^Treturn  mail  wtot~^r  jprice^or_J«se_aHH=. 
A  check  in  part  settlement  of  our  account 


and  let  i 
titles  would  be^ 

mailed  you  yesterday  and  you  can  rest  assured 
that  the  VHP  Company  will  send  you  remittances  for  tubing  promptly. 


BERGMANN  ELECTRICAL  WORKS  (machine  department). 


Ur.  Thomas  A,  Edison.  -  3  - 

As  rggards  the  agreement  with  the  Hagen  people,  I 
have  turned  over  my  stock  to  them,  the  same  as  all  the  other 
shareholders  at  50$S.  This,  as  you  will  appreciate  represents 
a  great  loss  to  the  stockholders  and  hanks,  hut  I  am  the  grea¬ 
test  sufferer  of  all,  seeing  that  I  held  l/3  of  the  shares  per¬ 
sonally*  Howeber,  as  I  have  told  you  before,  we  could  never 
have  made  this  venture  a  success  with  the  stringent  conditions 
of  the  old  contract,  and  considering  that  we  had  such  a  mighty 
competitor,  as  the  Tudor  Concern,  and  it  was  unanimously  agreed 
that  this  was  the  best  course  to  adopt. 

The  Hagen  people  have  asked  me  to  remain  with  the 
Company,  so  that  you  can  address  all  your  communications  to 
me  direct,  hearing  on  the  business  of  the  company. 

Awaiting  your  reply  by  return  of  mail,  I  am, with 
best  regards, 

Sincerely  yours, 


REGISTERED 


JEM/CHA 


EDISON  ACCUMULATORS 

49,  OLD  BOND  STREET, 

LONDON,  W. 


October  3rd  1913 


19 


ThomaB  A.  Edison,  Esq,.  , 

"Edison  Laboratory," 

Orange,  HEW  JERSEY, 


Dear  Mr-  Edison:- 

I  regretted  very  much  to  learn  from  Mr.  Meadowcroft 's 
letter  of  the  22nd  ulto.,  that  you  had  been  ill  and  confined 
to  your  house,  but  understand  you  are  no w  well  again. 

I  thank  you  very  much  for  cabling  me  as  soon  as 
you  could  do  so,  consenting  to  our  listing  the  stock  of  the 
Company,  when  necessary.  As  I  wrote  you  this  will  not  be 
done  at  present,  and  it  is  probable  that  it  will  not  be  listed 
on  the  official  Stock  Exchange  quotation  but  only  be  accepted 
on  the  private  quotation. 

Since  my  return  here  I  have  been  very  busy  finishing 
the  organization  of  the  Company,  and  am  glad  to  say  that, 
although  the  people  we  depended  the  most  upon,  to  take  an 
interest  in  the  Comoany,  are  not  back  in  London  yet,  on  account 
of  the  fine  weather. we  have  had  lately,  there  haB  been  a  fair 
amount  of  subscriptions  sent  to  our  Bank,  X  have  no  doubt 
that,  before  the  end  of  the  month,  we  shall  have  all  our  capital 
subscribed  privately. 

In  the  meantime,  business  is  developing  very  satisfac- 
-torily  and  a  number  of  firms  will  very  shortly  be  placing 
orders  with  us  for  commercial  vehicles.  Messrs.  Harrod's 
Stores  have  decided  to  buy  six  more  electric  delivery  vans 
although  they  are  not,  as  you  know,  entirely  satisfied  with 
the  four  Walker  trucks  they  purchased  at  first.  This  time 
they  will  buy  from  us  and  I  expect  the  order  will  be  in  during 
this  week  or  next. 


2. 


Thos.  A.  Edison,  Esq^, 


Oct.  3rd  1913. 


he  retained,  in  order  that  X  may  place  same  on  my  file . 

I  also  send  you  final  prospectus  of  the  Company 

arts 


X  sincerely  hope  you  are  i 
at  your  usual  work. 

With  hast  regards,  I  remain, 


1 1  quite  well  and  hack 


COPY. 


October  9th, 19X3. 


TAE- 1-5903 


Mr.  W.  R.  Preston 

Seend  Park,  Nr.  Melksham,  Wilts, 

England. 


We  shall  be  glad  to  co-operate 
with  you  in  introducing  the  Stone  System  in  the  United 
States  and  where  it  does  not  interfere  with  any  existing 
contracts  and  we  are  free  to  sell,  we  will  sell  you  batteries 
at  20$  discount  from  list  and  2$  off  for  cash. 

Regarding  Canada  we  will  use  our 
best  endeavor  to  help  you  make  some  arrangement  with  Canadian 
Pairbanks-liorse  Company  to  acquire  the  Canadian  Car  lighting 
part  of  the  business. 


Yours  very  truly 
(Signed)  Thomas  A.  Edison, 


President, 


October  9th,  1913 


TAB- 1-5904 


Ur,  \7.  R.  FReston, 

Seend  Park,  Nr.  Helksham,  Wilts., 
England. 


Sir:- 


I  am  willing  to  enter  into  a  contract  with 
your  firm  for  the  exclusive  right  to  sell  or  operate  my 
alkaline  storage  cell  for  car  lighting  only  on  railways 
in  every  country  in  the  world  except,  England,  Germany, 
Austria-Hungary  and  North  America  on  the  following  terms, 
to  he  accepted  within  90  days  from  date: 

ldt.  For  the  first  6  months  you  are  not  to  he 
obligated  to  buy  any  batteries. 

2nd.  The  first  year  thereafter  you  must  purchase  a 
minimum  quantity  of  50  cells  per  day  of  the  Railroad  Lighting 
type,  at  list  less  a  discount  of  20^  and  &/,  for  cash. 

3rd.  The  second  year  and  thereafter  100  cells  per 

day. 

4th.  Three  hundred  days  is  to  be  considered  a  year. 

5th.  If  the  output  of  the  factory  increases  so  as 

to  warrant  a  better  discount  it  will  be  given. 

By  three  months  notice  Stone  &  Cons>any  can  cancel 
the  contract,  and  the  Storage  Battery  Company  can  cancel  upon 
failure  of  Stone  &  Company  to  keep  the  minimun  guarantee. 

Yours  very  truly 

(Signed)  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
President, 


October  9th,.  1913. 


Mr.  W.  R.  Preston 

Seend  Park,  Hr.  Melksham,,  Wilts. 

England. 


Please  find  enclosed  two  copies  of  both 
letters  which  Mr.  Edison  wrote  for  you  today.  When  you  get 
home  in  England  kindly  acknowledge  these  so  we  can  have  it 
for  our  filed.  These  letters  as  Mr.  Edison  stated  to  you 
are  just  as  good  as  ary  contract. 

Please  find  pinned  to  this  letter  the 
countries  which  Mr.  Edison  has  royalties  in  which  I  explained 
to  you.  In  countries  in  which  Iir.  Edison  has  patents  in, 
royalties  based  on  the  enclosed  figures,  should  be  added  to 
the  list  price  after  the  discount  has  been  deducted. 

I  didn't  say  anything  to  Mr.  Edison  about 
making  a  separate  memorandum  in  regard  to  a  further  discount 
as  I  think  his  fifth  clause  covers  it.  Ho  other  Company  is 
getting  any  better  discount  than  what  Mr.  Edison  is  giving  you, 
and  if  at  any  time  any  other  company  does  get  a  better  discount 
the  writer  will  product  your  interests. 

Yours  very  txuly 
EDISOK  STORAGE  BATTERY  COMPANY 


V/.G.Bee, 

Vice  President 
General  Sales  Manager 


peutsche 

€dison  ~  j/lkkumulatoren  ~  Company 

m.  b.  7j. 

Bank-Canto:  - - »M - 

J)eulschc  Bonk,  B*rlin- 

Z'ltgramm-Jtoras*':  ®"/'n  -22"  den Oct,  38.,  1913. 

€disonce/i.  J>ronlMn,'rslr.  35-36. 


fernsprech-Jlnschluss: 

Jim I  3.  Jo.  S73.  I 


Einschreiben  -  Registered. 


l£r.  Thomas  Alva  Edison, 

Edison  Laboratory, 

West  Orange,  N.J. 
Tl.S.A. 


Sear  Sir:- 

We  herewith  heg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  the  letter  of 
your  Counsel,  Mr.  Lanahan,  dated  the  2nd  inst.,  addressed  to 
Ur.  Bergmann,  enclosing  three  copies  of  the  proposed,  new  agree¬ 
ment  between  our  Company  and  yourself,  as  arranged  between  you 
and  Mr.  Bergmann. 

The  agreement,  as  drawn  up  by  you,  has  our  approval 
and  we  have  executed  two  copies  of  the  agreement,  which  we 
enclose  herewith.  In  accordance  with  the  terms  thereof,  we  are 
sending  you  herewith  a  check  value 

|  40,000.—  (  forty  thousand  dollars  ) 

and  would  request  you  to  return  the  one  copy  of  the  agreement 
duly  executed  by  yourself. 

Several  points  in  the  agreement  require  elucidation 
and  the  following  the  interpretation  we  give  them  to  make  them 
correspond  with  the  arrangements  outlined  between  yourself  and 


j)eu1sche  €dison -  jVkkumulatoren-Company 
g.  m.  b.  9. 


Mr.  Thomae  Alva  Edison.  -  2  - 

The  list  of  the  patents  cited  is  not  complete.  In 
accordance  with  our  investigations,  a  whole  series  of  German, 
Austrian  and  Hungarian  patents,  which  are  still  in  existence, 
have  not  been  included. 

Those  patents  which  are  not  included  in  your  list 
should  he  given  in  a  separate  letter  and,  at  the  same  time, 
it  should  he  confirmed  that  these  also  form  part  of  the  agree¬ 
ment.  We  have  applied  to  the  firm  of  Brandon  Bros,  of  Paris 
for  the  necessary  particulars. 

All  fees  for  maintaining  the  patents  are  to  he  paid 
hy  us.  As  soon  as  we  have  concluded  the  aforementioned  examina¬ 
tion  of  the  patents,!  we  will,  designate  those  patents,  the  fees 
for  which  we  no  longer  propose  to  pay  in  the  future  and  will 
then  leave  it  to  you  whether  you  will  yourself  maintain  such 
patents  at  your  own  expense  or  allow  them  to  lapse. 

The  expression  "manufactured"  is  used  twice  in  Clause 
5  and  once  in  Clause  6.  The  royalty,  however,  is  payable  on  all 
cells  actually  sold,  as  has  been  customary  up  to  the  present. 

^  .  In  order  to  simplify  matters,  we  would  propose  that 

tV-'  the  agreement  should  he  dated  January  1st,  1914. 

We  would  request  you  to  return  the  one  copy  of  the 
agreement  executed  hy  yourself  at  your  earliest  convenience 
and  at  the.  same  time  confirm  that  you  agree  to  our  interpre- 


-  2  - 


. Deutsche  €dison -  Jikkumulatoren  -  Company 
g.  m.  b.  f). 


Mr.  Thomas  Alva  Edison. 


tation  of  the  above  mentioned  pointe. 


P.S.  Please  do  not  fail  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  the 
attached  check  for  $40,000.--  in  due  course,  duplicate 
copy  of  which  will  he  mailed  by  ub  on  the  25th  inst. 


My  dear  Edison: 

I  cabled  you  this  morning  as  follows:- 

"Contract  duly  signed  and  check  forty  thousand 
dollars  mailed  yesterday" 

and  I  hope  that  for  the  sake  of  all  concerned,  and  more  particu¬ 
larly  your  own  self,  the  conditions  resulting  with  this  new 
arrangement  will  he  more  satisfactory  and  yield  better  results 
than  has  been  the  case  in  the  past. 

With  very  best  wishes 

Rrs  sincerely, 


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Drontheimerstr ,  36-38 
Berlin,  Germany 


of  the  18th  inst,  with  enclosures  has 


received.  I  return  herewith  one  copy  of  the  agreement  duly  executed 

hy  me.  in  accordance  with  your  request  the  agreement  has  teen  dated  January 

1,  1914.  The  list  of  patents  cited  is  complete  as  far  as  the  records  of 


relating  solely  to  storage  batteries  which  have  teen 
not  included  in  the  said  list,  I  am  willing  to  include 


1th  regard  to  the  word"manufaetured"  used  in  Clauses  5 
ment,  my  position  is  that  I  am  entitled  to  royalties  on  all 
cells  manufactured  during  the  life  of  the  tgreement  and  not  merely  on  those 
actually  sold,  inasmu*  as  I  might  ottorwiee  be  deprived  of  royalties  to 
whioh  I  an  entitled  ty  the  rental  or  other  disposition  of  the  cells.  I  will, 
however,  not  require  you  to.pay  royalty  on  any  cell  prior  to  its  shipnent  from 
your  ftotory,  this  concession  being  made  without  prejudice  to  ny  right  to  reoeiv, 
a  minimum  royalty  of  Sixty  Thousand  Maries  during  each  year  of  the  agreement. 
Kinlly  advise  me  if  this  oonoesslon  is  satisfactory  to  you.  Otherwise  than  as 
herein  mentioned,  I  do  not  consent  to  any  mhdifioation  or  alteration  of  the 
agreement,  and  do  not  agree  to  your  interpretation  of  the  same  as  set  forth  in 


your  said  letter  of  the  18th  inst 


(signed)  Thou 


Edist 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


AGREEMENT  made  this  first  day  of  January 
in  the  yoar  one  Thousand  Nino  Hundred  and  Fourteen  by  and 
between  THOMAS  ALVA  KDISOll  of  'Seat  Orange,  Hew  Jorsey ,U .3.A. , 
firet  party,  und  the  DEUTSCHE  !5DI30H-AKKinJULAT0nHH-C0MPANY , 
GESELLSCHAET  mit  bODOhrdnkter  Haftung,  of  Berlin,  Germany, 
acoond  party,  (hereinafter  aalled  "the  Company"), 

V/  I  T  H  E  S  S  E  T  H  !  - 

WHEREAS,  the  purtiee  hereto  havo  heretofore 
entered  into  an  agreement  relating  to  tho  exploitation 
of  the  Edison  storage  battery  patents  in  Germany,  Austria 
and  Hungary,  said  agreement  being  dutod  September  28,  1905; 
and 

7/HEREAS,  the  parties  hereto  desire  to  terminate 
and  canool  the  said  agreement  and  any  and  all  extensions 
and  modifications  of  tho  same  and  to  enter  into  a  new  agree¬ 
ment  relating  to  the  exploitation  of  the  Edison  storage  bat¬ 
tery  patents  in  tho  territory  ooraprising  the  following  coun¬ 
tries  only,  to-wit:  Germany.  Austria  and  Hungary,  said  ter¬ 
ritory  being  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  "aforesaid  j 

territory" ; 


jjO',7 1  THEREFORE ,  in  consideration  of  the  promises 
und  of  tho  lioenso  hereby  granted  by  first  party  to  tho 
Company  and  of  tho  paymonto  to  be  made  hereunder  by  the 
Company  to  first  party  and  of  the  promises  and  covenants 
heroin  contained,  the  parties  hereto  have  agreod  as  follows: 


(1)  It  is  mutually  agreed  that  the  aforesaid  agreement 
dated  September  28.  1905,  and  all  extensions  and  modificuticj 
there  of,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  terminated  and  cancelled, 


(1) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


(2)  It  is  mutually  agreed  that  all  righto  and 
.licenses  granted  to  the  Company  under  the  aforesaid  agree¬ 
ment  dated  September  28,  1905,  and  all  extensions  and  modi- 
fioationo  thereof  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  terminated  and 
aunoelled. 

(3)  First  party  hereby  grants  to  the  Company  the 
solo  and  exoluoive  license  (v/ith  the  oxooption  hereinafter 
sot  forth)  to  make,  use  and  oell  storage  batteries  in  the 
aforesaid  territory  under  each  and  all  of  his  existing 
German,  Austrian  and  Hungarian  storage  battery  patents,  and 
under  any  and  all  patents  relating  solely  to  storage  battori  is 
which  shall  be  granted  to  him  during  the  life  of  this  agree¬ 
ment  in  any  country  of  the  aforesaid  territory,  and  under  any 
and  all  applications  for  patentB  relating  solely  to  storage 
batteries  which  shall  bo  filed  by  first  party  in  any  country 
of  tho  aforesaid  territory  during  the  lifo  of  this  agreement , 
but  first  purty  expressly  reserves  tho  right  to  license  and 
permit  the  Ford  Motor  Company  to  import  Ford  oars  into  Ger¬ 
many,  Austria  and  Hungary  equipped  or  provided  with  Bdison 
battories  manufactured  and  supplied  by  the  Kdison  Storage 
Battery  Company,  of  V/est  Orange,  How  Jersey,  U.S.A.,  and 

to  use  and  oell  or  otherwise  dispose  of  said  oars  in  and  f o : 
use  in  Germany,  Austria  and  Hungary.  The  license  heroin 

Igrantod  by  first  purty  to  the  Company  shall  continue  during 
the  life  of  this  agreement  and  shall  terminate  upon  the  ter¬ 
mination  of  this  agreement  whenever  end  however  terminated, 
and  upon  suoh  termination  all  rights  hereby  granted  under 
any  and  all  patento  and  applications  shall  revert  to  and 
vest  in  first  party,  and  the  Company  agrees  to  execute  and 
deliver  any  and  all  papers  doemod  noooBBary  by  firot  party 


(2) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


to  vest  said  rights  in  first  party.  Tho  lioenso  herein 
granted  by  first  party  to  the  Company  shall  not  he  assigned 
nor  otherwise  transferred  exoept  v/ith  the  consent  of  first 
party  expressed  in  writing.  The  patents  undo?  which  tho 
aforesaid  license  1b  hereby  granted  arc  as  follov/s:- 
Oerraan  Paten ba 


137,143 

Hay  32,  1901 

147,468 

Fob.  6,  1901 

156,713 

Hay  23,  1901 

157,390 

Feb.  6,  1901 

166,369 

Dec.  11,  1904 

169,951 

Doe.  11th,  1904 

171,473 

Deo.  11,  1904 

174,676 

Jan.  7,  1903 

177,773 

Deo.  11,  1904 

180,389 

Deo.  11,  1904 

180,673 

Feb.  6,  1901 

190,363 

Hay  32,  1901 

191,083 

Jan.  26,  1906 

196,887 

Jan.  26,  1906 

303,384 

Jan.  8,  1908 

304,860 

July  8,  1906 

305,337 

Jan.  26,  1906 

308,300 

Jan.  26,  1906 

308,301 

July  31,  1908 

336,341 

Jon.  36,  1906 

Austrian  Patents 

10,313 

July  15,  1902 

13,177 

Jan.  15,  1903 

(3) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


17,850 

June  1,  1904 

10,461 

Oct.  15,  1954 

83,381 

Sept.  15,  1905 

23,979 

Deo.  15,  1905 

24,256 

June  15,  1904 

26,091 

Hay  15,  1906 

27,737 

Sept.  1,  1906 

33,940 

Feb.  15,  1908 

35,596 

June  1,  1908 

35,609 

Juno  1,  1908 

Hun&iria 

n  Patents 

23,677 

Fob.  5,  1901 

28,770 

Hay  15,  1903 

28,911 

Jan.  6,  1903 

30,334 

May  21,  1901 

33,063 

Pea.  10,  1904 

33,167 

Deo,  10,  1904 

33,168 

Deo.  10,  1904 

33,169 

Doo.  10,  1904 

33,170 

Deo.  10,  1904 

33,171 

DOO.  10,  1904 

33,172 

Dec,  10,  1904 

37,822 

Deo.  30,  1905 

37,831 

Dec.  30,  1905 

37,832 

Deo.  30,  .1905 

37,833 

Deo.  30,  1905 

37,887 

Deo.  30,  1905 

38,191 

Jan.  25,  1906 

42,239 

Deo.  30,  1907 

(4) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


First  party  hereby  transfers  to  the  Company 
any  and  all  rights  tfhioh  ho  may  have  under  tho  German  patent 
Nos.  132, G14,  and  tho  Company  hereby  agrees  that  said  rights 
under  Gorman  patent  No.  132,614  shall  not  be  assigned  nor 
otherwise  transferred  by  it  without  tho  consent  of  first 
party  expressed  in  writing,  and  upon  tho  termination  of  this 
agreement  whenever  and  however  terminated  the  Company  shall 
forthwith  reassign  oaid  rights  under  said  German  patent  Ho. 
132,614  to  first  party. 

(4)  The  Company  agrees  to  pay  to  firot  party 
contemporaneously  with  theoxecution  of  this  agreement, 
tho  sum  of  Forty  Thousand  hollars  (040,000) . 


(5)  The  Company  agrees  to  pay  to  first  party  in 
addition  to  the  sum  agreed  to  be  paid  under  Section  Four  (4) 
hereof  tho  following  sums  us  royalties: 

For  ouch  storage  battery  ooll  which  shall  be 
manufactured  by  tho  Company  during  the  lifo  of  this  agreement 
a  sum  to  be  computed  by  multiplying  the  sum  of  twenty-four 
one-hundredths  of  a  oont  ($0.0024)  by  the  number  represents; 
tho  'ampere  hour  capacity  of  cuoh  cell,  said  capacity  to  be 
rated  in  accordance  with  the  practice  of  tho  Edison  Storage 
Battery  Company,  of  ‘.Vest  Orange,  Hew  Jersey,  U.  S.  A.  The 
following  schedule  shows  tho  royalties  to  be  paid  hereunder, 
computed  upon  the  aforesaid  basic  for  certain  typos  of  Edi¬ 
son  cells  enumerated  in  said  schedule. 


Type 


B-2 
B-4 
B-6 
A^4 
A- 6 
A- 8 
A- 10 
A- 12 


Royalty  per  Coll 

Rated  Ampere  Hour 
Oanaoiiy 

40  (50.096 

80  0.192 


300 

375 

450 


0.288 

0.360 

0.540 

0.720 

0.900 

1.080 


(B) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


The  Company  agrees  that  upon  the  15th  day  of 
January,  April,  July  and  Ootobor  of  oaoh  year,  it  will  make 
a  full  and  oworn  return  to  firet  party  showing  the  exact 
number  of  storage  battery  oells  and  their  roopeotivo  typos  a»  d 
ampere  hour  capaoitioo  rated  as  aforesaid  manufactured 
by  the  Company  during  the- preceding  quurtorly  period  of 
three  months.  Said  quarterly  poriodo  ohall  end  December 
31,  March  31,  June  30  and  September  30,  respectively,  of  eaol 
year.  The  Company  agrees  that  with  each  suoh  return  it 
will  remit  to  first  party  the  sums  due  ao  rdyalties  com¬ 
puted  as  aforesaid  for  the  preceding  quarterly  period.  The 
Company  guarantees  that  the  amount  to  be  paid  to  firot  party 
as  royalties  computed  upon  the  aforesaid  baBis  Bhall  amount 
to  at  least  Sixty  Thousand  Murks  (U  60,000)  during  oaoh  year 
of  this  agreement  beginning  with  tho  date  hereof,  and  the  Con- 
pany  agrooe  that  if  the  payments  received  by  the  first  party 
hereunder  exclusive  of  the  sum  agreed  to  be  paid  under  Secticn 
Pour  (4)  hereof  Bhall  bo  less  than  the  sum  of  Sixty  Thousand 
Marks  (H  60,000)  during  any  year  of  this  agreement  beginning 
with  the  date  hereof,  the  Company  will  pay  to  first  party 
an  amount  sufficient  to  increase  the  royalty  receipts  of 
first  party  hereunder  for  oaoh  such  year  to  an  amount  equal 
to  Sixty  Thousand  Marks  (M  60,000),  exclusive  of  the  sum 
agreed  to  be  apid  under  Section  Pour  (4)  hereof.  The  afore¬ 
said  additional  amount  ohall  be  duo  and  payable  on  the  anni- 
veroary  of  tho  date  of  this  agreement  in  oaoh  year  during  tie 
life  of  this  agreement.  All  payments  provided  for  hereunder 
ohall  bo  made  to  firot  party  at  his  offioc,  Edioon  Labora¬ 
tory,  V/est  Orange,  Hew  Jereey,  except  during  suoh  periods  ae 
the  Company  shall  bo  instructed  in  writing  by  firet  party 


(6) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Imalco  said  payments  to  a  representative  of  flrot  party  in 
din,  Germany,  designated  in  said  writing  to  receive  such 
aments. 

(6)  111  a  Company  hereby  agrees  that  it  will  at  ull 

nos  hoop  full,  true  and  accurate  boohs  of  aooount,  showing 
3  number  of  colls  manufactured  by  it  under  this  agreement 
i  the  type  and  rated  aiapare  hour  capacity  of  eaoh  ouch 
U,  und  that  first  party  or  hio  duly  aooredited  agent 
ill  at  all  times  have  aooess  to  said  boohB  for  the  purpose 
examining  them  to  determine  and  vorif y  all  nuoh  items. 

(7)  The  Company  agrees  that,  unions  authorised 
writing  by  first  party,  it  will  not  for  a  period  of  ten 
ars  from  the  date  hereof  manufacture  nor  cause  to  be 
nuf ,uo tured  nor  aid  in  any  way  in  the  manufacture  of  any 
orage  battery  or  part  or  accessory  thereof  in  any  country 
tnide  of  the  aforesaid  territory,  and  will  not  export 
nor  sell  -.nor  other*}  no  dispose  of  for  export  to  any 
untry  outside  of  the  aforesaid  territory  any  storage 
ttery  or  part  or  aoceenory  therefor, 

(8)  Unless  otherwise  terminated  as  elsewhere  provided 
r  heroin,  this  agreement  Bhall  oontinuo  in  foroe  until 
o  31st  day  of  hooenber,  1920,  and  shall  thoroupon  ter- 
nate  ,  provided,  however,  that  the  Company  shall'  never- 
eleso  bo  bound  by  its  promises  and  oovenunto  contained 
,  3eotion  Seven  (7)  hereof  for  a  period  of  ten  years  from 
:e  date  hereof. 

(9)  .First  party  will  furnish  at  the  expense  of  the 
unpany  all  nooesoary  drawings  of  machinery  in  UBe  at  the 


(7) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


dute  horool’  for  manufacturing  Rdioon  storage  batteries  by 
the  Rdioon  Storago  Battery  Company,  v/ast  Orange,  New  Jersey, 
and  said  drawingo  will  be  furniohod  at  coot  thereof. 

(10)  The  Company  agrees  to  pay  all  taxes  and  othor 
fees  required  to  keep  alive  the  patonto  hereinbefore 
enumerated,  and  it  ie  mutually  ugreed  that  patonto  having 
no  value  may  be  dropped,  but  no  such  patents  shall  be  dropped 
without  first  obtaining  the  consent  in  writing  of  first 
party  to  such  action.  First  party  shall  have  the  right, 
if  he  so  deaires  and  elects,  to  dirsot  and  oontrol  any  end 
all  suits  for  infringement  of  any  of  the  patentB  under  which 
rights  are  hereby  granted,  and  in  the  ovent  that  first 
party  shall  elcot  to  direct  and  control  any  such  suit,  he 
shall  pay  all  expenses  of  such  suit  and  shall  have  the 


I  right  to  sue  in  the  name  of  the  Company  or  to  join  the 
Company  with  him  in  suoh  oasoo  ao  suoh  use  of  the  name 
of  the  Company  of  suoh  joinder  or  parties  shall  be  lqwful 
and  deemed  expedient  by  first  party. 

(11)  First  party  shall  have  the  right  upon  any  breaoh 
of  this  agreement  by  the  Company  to  terminate  and  cancel 
thiB  agreement  and  to  revoke  the  license  herein  granted, 
said  cancellation,  termination  and  revocation  to  take  effect 
on  the  30th  day  after  the  mailing  of  a  notioo  of  suoh  ter¬ 
mination,  cancellation  and  revocation  addressed  to  BeutBohe 

Sdi son-Akkumulatoren-C ornpany ,  G.m.b.II..  Brontheimerstraose, 

35-38,  Berlin,  Germany,  and  in  the  event  of  ouoh  termina¬ 
tion,  cancellation  and  revocation,  the  lioonse  herein 
grantod  by  firot  party  to  the  Company  shall  bo  considered 
ue  canceled  and  without  force  and  effect.  The  violation 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


of  any  of  tho  provisions  of  Seotion  Seven  (7)  hereof  or  the 
failure  of  the  Company  to  make  prompt  and  punctual  payment 
of  any  sum  which  shall  become  due  hereunder  shall  be  con¬ 
sidered  a  breaoh  of  this  agreement. 

(12)  It  is  mutually  agreod  that  tho  righto  and 
benefits  of  first  party  hereunder  shall  inure  to  his 
asoigns  and  other  legal  representatives. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOff,  the  pa.rtieB  hereto  have  here¬ 
unto  affixed  their  signatures  as  of  the  day  and  year  first 
above  written. 


Thomas  Alva  Edison 


Witness  to  the  signature 
of  Thomas  Alva  Edison 


DEUTSCHE  EDISON- AKKDliULATOREH-COMPAinf , 

G.  ra.b.H. 

By  S.  Bergmann _ Berthold . _ 

als  Mitglied  ale  Gesohllft  sfflhrer. 
dee  Aufsichtsrats 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Liste  der  in  Ueberwachung  zu  nehmenden  deutschen,  oster- 
reiohischen  und  ungarischen  Kdiaon  Patente 


gr. 

Onaer  Stichwort 

Edison 

Folio 

Taxe 

faille  am: 

DEHTSCITLAHD 

160,369 

Wisrauthhydroxyd 

331 

11 

11 

Dez. 

1914 

174,676 

Qjuecksilberzuaatz 

158 

13 

7 

Jan. 

1915 

151,004 

Press tempelbatterie 

154 

13 

7 

" 

1915 

151,446 

Konkavtaschen 

156 

13 

7 

" 

1915 

153,177 

Uetallgefass 

214 

13 

7 

H 

1915 

170,540 

Wafers toff eisen 

215 

13 

7 

H 

1915 

179.377) 

179.378) 

Gasventil 
dto.  Zusatz 

157 

13 

7 

" 

1915 

303,384 

Li thiumhydr oxyd 

526 

8 

8 

Jan. 

1915 

191,083 

ilohro  henfullmaschine 

414 

10 

26 

1915 

196,887) 

304,860) 

Hetallflitter 
dto.  Zusatz 

434 

10 

26 

1915 

308,300 

Rohrchenelektrode 

413 

10 

26 

Jan. 

1915 

336,341 

Spiralnaht 

412 

10 

26 

" 

1915 

157,390 

Hiekel-Eisen 

125  . 

15 

6 

Feb. 

1915 

137,143 

Taaohenplatte 

67 

15 

22 

Uai, 

1915 

308,301 

Rauhe  Flitter 

548 

8 

21 

Juli 

,1915 

OESTERREICH 

13,177 

Taschenplatte 

133 

13 

15 

Jan. 

1915 

33,940 

Spiralnaht 

410 

8 

15 

Feb. 

1915 

26,091 

Qnecksilverzusatz 

165 

10 

15 

Uai, 

1915 

17,859 

Konkavtaschen 

163 

12 

1 

Juni 

,1915 

35,596 

Rohrchenelektrode 

409 

8 

1 

Juni 

,1915 

35,609 

Li  thiumhydr oxyd 

528 

8 

1 

Juni 

,1915 

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


i?2. 


Nr- 

Unacr  Stiohwox't 

OSSTERREICIT  (Cont*d) 

Ediaon 

Polio 

Taxo 

PalliK 

10,312 

Hiokol-Hinon 

98 

14 

15 

Juli 

15 

27,737 

'.71  arau  thhydr oxyd 

333 

10 

1  : 

opt. 

15 

tnifiRAlT 

33,1GB 

■'  Goocli.voionter  Babaltor 

326 

11 

10 

Do  a. 

1014 

33,171 

3510k  tr  odenanordnuns 

346 

11 

10 

" 

1914 

33,172 

'.71  omu  thliydroxyd 

334 

11 

10 

*' 

1914 

37,822 

llatallf  litter 

405 

10 

30 

" 

1914 

37,033 

Dpirulnnht 

407 

10 

30 

” 

1914 

37,887 

Hohrolionelck  trodo 

403 

10 

30 

1914 

42,239 

Li thiumhydr oxyd 

530 

8 

30 

" 

1914 

28,911) 

33,109) 

QwoolcoilbQrau3Hta  u.a. 
Zuoata-Patont 

185 

13 

6 

.Tan . 

1915 

38,191 

rtohrohonfullinaachine 

408 

10 

25 

Jan. 

1915 

23,677 

ITiokol-Eiuon 

52 

15 

5 

Pabr. 

.  1915 

28,770 

■7aaacratofi'oioon 

212 

13 

15 

Mai 

1915 

30,334 

Taoohonplatto 

137 

15 

21 

" 

1915 

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


i-lovombor  14,  1915 


Deutsche  Edison-Akkumulatoren-Oompany,  G.m.b.H. , 

Drontheimerstr.  35-50, 

Berlin,  Germany. 

Gentlemen:- 

in  my  agreement  with  you  dated  January  1,  la 14,  you 
agree  to  pay  all  taxes  and  other  fees  required  to  xeep  alive  the 
patents  enumerated  in  the  agreement,  and  it  is  mutually  agreed 
that  patents  having  no  value  may  he  dropped,  but  no  such  patents 
shall  bo  dropped  without  first  obtaining  my  consent  in  writing 
to  such  action. 

1  hereby  consent  to  dropning  the  following  patents  on 
which  taxes  are  due  as  indieated:- 

German  patent  #169,951,  Edison  E-olio  335,  Taxes  due  pec.  11,  1913 

German  patent  3=171,47*},  Edison  folio  315,  Taxes  due  Dec.  11,1913 

German  patent  #=177, 772,  Edison  folio  339,  Taxes  due  Deo.  11,  191b 

German  patent  if 180, 309,  Edison  folio  321,  Taxes  due  Dec.  11,  1913 

Austrian  patent  #=23, 979, Edison  folio  322,  Taxes  duo  Deo.  18,  1913 
Hungarian  patent  #33,063,  Edison  folio  342,  Taxes  due  Deo.  10,1913 
Hungarian  patent  #33,167,  Edison  folio  310,  Taxes  due  Dec.  lu,l91S 
In  the  event  that  you  wish  to  pay  the  taxes  on  these 
natents,  paymont  should  bo  made  through  Messrs .  Brandon  or os. , 

59  Hue  de  Provence,  Paris.  Aindly  advise  me  what  action  you  taxe 


in  regard  to  this  matter. 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


■i'he  annual  taxes  on  the  following  patents  are  now  clue, 
and  X  have  given  Messrs.  Brandon  Bros,  instructions  to  pay  the 
same,  and  will  bill  you  later  for  the  expense  thus  incurred  in 
your  behalf .  I  am  adopting  this  method  in  order  to  insure  the 
payment  of  the  taxes  in  due  time,  and  I  trust  it  will  be  entire¬ 
ly  acceptable  to  you:- 


Gorraan  patent  #166,368,  Edison  Polio  331,  taxeB  due  D< 
Hungarian  patent  #33,168,  iidison  Polio  326,  taxes  due 
Hungarian  patont  #33,170,  Edison  Polio  338,  taxes  due 
Hungarian  patent  #33,171,  Edison  Polio  346,  taxes  due 

Hungarian  patent  #33,172,  Edison  Polio  334,  taxes  due 

Hungarian  patent  #37,822,  Edison  Polio  405.  taxes  due 

Hungarian  patont  #37,831,  Edison  Polio  4u4,  taxes  due 

Hungarian  patent  #37,832,  Edison  polio  4U6,  taxes  due 

Hungarian  patent  #37,833,  Edison  Polio  4u7,  taxes  due 

Hungarian  patent  #37,887,  Edison  polio  4u3,  taxes  due 

Hungarian  patent  #42,238,  Edison  Polio  b3o,  taxes  due 

Very  truly  yours, 

‘j?hos.  a.  Edison  ( 


3C  a  11,  1813 
He  c.  10,1813 
Dec.  lu.1813 
Dec .  10,1813 
Dec.  10,1813 
Doc.  30,1813 
jjec.  30,1813 
nee.  3o,l8l3 
Dec.  30,1813 
Doc.  30,1813 
Dec.  3o,1813 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


April  21,  1914 


Deutsche  lidloon  Akkuraulato.-on  Company,  G.m.b.H. , 
Drontheimorstr.  35-30 , 

Berlin,  II.  30,  Germany. 


Gentlemen: 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  letter  of  February  lit);,  1914 
in  which  you  etatc  tliut  you  huvo  received  the  original  reoeipta 
for  the  payment  of  taxes  for  Gorman  patents  Hos.  151,004,  151,440, 
152,177,  170,540  and  179,377.  Those  patents  wore  inadvertently 
omitted  from  the  list  of  putonto  specifically  enumerated  in 
Section  Throe  of  my  agroemont  with  you  of  January  1,  1914.  There¬ 
fore,  1  hereby  agree  that  the  aforesaid  German  patents  Ifos. 
151,004,  151,440,  152,177,  170,540  and  179,277  shall  bo  con¬ 
sidered  aB  includod  in  tho  list  of  patents  specifically 
enumerated  in  Section  Throe  of  oaid  agreement,  providod  that 
each  und  every  clause  of  tho  agreement  applicable  to  tho 
patents  originally  enumerated  therein  shall  apply  to  the 
patonto  now  added. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Thomas  Avu  Kdison  (signed) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


February  3,  1915 


Mr.  H.  F.  Miller: 

I  am  returning  herewith  agreement  botv/een 
Ur.  fidioon  and  aeutocho  Hdieon  i\l:lru:rulutoren  Company  and 
lot torn  relating  thereto  received  from  you  thio  morning. 

X  huvo  attached  to  the  agreement  a  copy  of  a  latter  from 
Ur.  Edioon  to  tho  German  Company  in  which  it  io  agreed  that 
certain  German  patents  3hall  be  oonsidarod  ue  included  in 
the  liot  of  patento  mentioned  in  the  Agreement.  Also,  a 
rovined  liot  of  the  patonta  on  -which  the  tuxco  are  to  bo 
paid  by  the  German  Company,  received  from  Hcaore.  ueffort  ft 
Sell  with  their  letter  of  Ootobor  13,  1914,  and  which  wc  find, 
on  comparing  eamo  with  our  reoordo,  to  bo  correct.  *bic 
liot  should  also  be  attaohod  to  the  agroeniont. 

(Signed)  Henry  Lonahan. 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Legal  Deportment ,  Orange,  If . J . 
November  14  th,  1916 


Mr.  H.  ?.  Miller, 

Laboratory, 

Dear  Sir; 

I  hand  you  hcrev/ith  a  letter  to  Deutsche 
Edison  Aklcuiflu lator on  Company  Bifjnod  by  Mr.  Edison,  which  io 
to  bo' oopied  in  your  lctterbook  and  mailed  1’rora  your  office. 
Plouac  note  Mr.  Edison  will  pay  the  taxeo  on  certain  German 
and  Hungarian  patents  and  will  later  bill  the  Deutsche  Edison 
Akkumulatoren  Company  for  the  amount  so  paid. 

Very  truly  yours, 

(Signod)  Henry  Lauohan. 


nL/JS 

Mr.  Miller  - 

Ploaoe  uoo  that  the  latter  to  tho  Doutooho  Edison 
Aklcumulatoren  Company  io  mailed  to-day  without  fail,  and  oblige, 
M.  J.  Laidlov/. 


Berlin  M, 


Ur.  Thomas  A,  Bdiaon, 

Bdiaon  Laboratory, 

Orange,  N.J. 
U.8.A. 


My  dear  Bdiaon:- 


z  aa  in  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  84th  ult. 
inquiring  about  high  capacity  Silicon  cheat  iron  and  in  connec¬ 
tion  therewith  would  aay  that  we  uae  thi.  almost  exclusively  for 
traneformera.  The  standard  aiaaa  we  uae  and  the  prioea  we  pay 


are  ae  follows  i- 


The  watt  leeaee  per  aq.  ea.  are  baaed  on  a  flu*  of  10,000  linee 


at  a  frequency  of  00  oyolee. 

X  aa  eending  you  22  lba.  of  each  sort  in  atripe 
measuring  30  *  500  cm.  and  truet  this  will  eerre  your  purpose. 


-  1  - 


BERGMANN  ELECTRICAL  WORKS  (machine  department). 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison  t  2  * 

We  do  not  use  sheets  as  thin  as  0.009  in.  or  0.38  mm, 
hut  the  price  of  this  would  he  approximately  M.600.—  per  1000 


I  understand  that  not  only  the  General  Electric  Co., 
hut  also  the  Weetinghouse  Co.  use  this  special  sheet  iron. 

Trusting  that  the  above  information  is  what  you  re¬ 
quire,  I  am,  with  best  regards 


Motion  Picture  Films 


Dear  Mr  Bee, 


Friday  of  la3t  week  I  called  upon  Mr  Monnot  and  he 
■advised  me  as  having  received  a  communication  from  your  goodself 
in  reference  to  Mr  Edison  entering  into  an  arrangement  with  the 

Jrr-  Jiiq'&izLx.q 

Stone  Company,  ;  granting  them  the  exclusive  right  of  his  battery/ 
for  the  entire  World  excepting  England,  Germany,  Austria-Hungary 
■and  North  America.  Mr  Monnot  advised  as  laving  made  a  proposition 
to  Mr  Preston  of  the  Stone  Co.,  whereby  he  ms  willing  to  agree 
•to  supply  Edison  Batteries  to  the  Stone  Co.,  providing  they  would 
take  stock  amounting  to  £5,000  in  his  new  company  and  pay  him  an 
advance  of  4/-  per  cell  above  the  actual  factory  cost  of  same. 

X  advised  him  that  it  would  work  out  greatly  to  his  advantage  to 
make  the  necessary  arrangements  with  the  Stone  Company,  first, 
because  Mr  Edison  desired  him  to  do  so,  and  secondly  on  account  of 
the  prestige  it  would  give  him  if  it  became  generally  known  in 
Great  Britain  and  other  Countries  that  the  Ston6  Co . ,  had  adapted 


You  may  rest  assured  that  I  shall  be  mor6  than 
every  possible  assistance  in  bringing  this  matter  1 
sful  issue . 

Yours  very  truly, 

/I/z&lT 

MANAGES.  FOREIGN  DEPARTMENT. 


V 


Jiovoiriber  12,  1933. 


Bnn/.'.]/S 


Mr. 


Thom/i 


8  A.  IMision, 

Bdinon  laboratory. 

Orange,  M.J» 
l.i,  S.  A. 


My  dear  KdieonS- 

thHt  th.  battery  »tl.I  ...  Men  P«t  lnt0  **" 

aatlefaotory  .nap.  f«  pen. 

„„  immediate  «Uh  fro.  th.  d.«l .  1  do  «"»  “  ou*  °f 

,„y  t.  remind  you  .f  «...  P»t  «  *»•  ^  »" 

,  .u.tnined,'  not  .....  «««  «  l""*1**  ’,B'  “y 

financial  friend.,  th.  letter  «»«  °f  «“  “rt"“ 

quencea. 

r.u  .ill  roeal  1  my  payine  «.  Mo*  ““ 

from  which  1  ha..  »•.•»  *»»”d  *  "e"”1" 

w  1...  I  ....  had  «.  -Mulder  Mr.  ™d  you  HI  -Hr  '”«“ 
...«  my  friend,  no.  thin*  of  my  «.«-l~ti.  —or.-H  of  .11 

promi...  -ad.  W  »»  «  »«  "~fl“  “  ^  U'°1‘  ”* 

...  ...tract.  *1*  I  entered  lnt.  H»  ,»  *">»  ...ool.t... 


1,'r.  Thomas  A.  Edison. 


-  2  - 


all  of  which  X  have  passed  over  in  trying  to 
hore. 


the  situation 


In  the  lie*it  of  all  this  unfortunate  outcome  for  me,  I 
imagine  you  will  not  find  it  difficult  to  allow  me  some  eort  of 
a  commission  for  bringing  about  the  final  new  deal  upon  bo  satis- 
factory  a  basis  for  you.I*  was  no  small  job  for  me  to  convince 
the  Hagen  concern  that  this  would  be  a  nrofitnbl e  investment  for 
them.  Of  course,  you  will  ask  why  I  did  not  obtain  my  compensa¬ 
tion  from  my  own  people,  but  you  will  no  doubt  understand  that 
in  handling  such  a  delicate  matter  I  could  not  allow  my  self-in¬ 
terest  to  appear  without  in  some  degree  affecting  you.  How 
you  feel  febout  it  V 

I  am  sorry  to  learn  that  you  arc  under  the  weather  again 
ond  I  sincerely  hope  that  By  this  time  you  have  completely  recovered 

and  are  In  the  bOBt  of  opiritn  again. 

With  all  good  wishes  and  kindest  regards  to  Mrs.  Edison 

and  your  own  self 

Yours  sinoerely. 


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"London,  Kov.  IB,  19X3. 


Vy  door  Hutch: 


I  received  your  cable,  and  have  Just  instruct- 
ed  our  bankers  to  cable  the  money  to  Hr.  I'd i non,  and  he  will 
have  it  tomorrow.  I  hope  it  will  make  him  feel  better  and 
have  faith  in  the  future  of  our  enterprise.  I  am  sorry  that 
you  don’t  nee,  ne  I  do,  that  I  have  only  one  object,  and 
that  iB,  to  noil  nil  the  batteries  poBnible.  Hot  only  now, 
but  for  the  future,  hut  X  have  to  look  out  for  the  interest 
of  my  etookholdern,  and  not  make  a  failure  of  the  result 
they  are  entitled  to.  Ion’ t  forget  that  vc  have  So  spend 
money,  and  that  the  prpfit  on  Edison  Jiatterico  in  very  small 
onAccount  of  the  viork  to  be  done  and  selling  expense.  An  I 
oabled  you,  X  am  willing  to  sell  batteries  to  American  manu¬ 
facturers  that  will  co-operate  with  un  hero,  but  I  bolieve 
that  the  leant  in  that  they  make  arrangements  v.ith  us  now 
to  work  in  harmony.  Referring  to  previoun  experience  with 
v.alker  vans,  we  hade  all  the  demonstrations  with  our  o vm 
vans  and  spent  months  to  convince  iiarrodn,  Limited,  the 
advantages  of  the  Edison  Lattcry  traction,  and  at  the  end, 
find  that  they  bought  them  in  America,  and  wc  did  not  even 
fuminh  the  batterieo.  on  the  contrary,  we  had  to  spend  time 
to  put  them  right  and  follow  them  up.  There  v;ere  no  rep¬ 
resentatives  of  V.alker  capable  of  doing  anything.  ¥ou  know 
very  well  that  vie  cannot  do  all  tho  work  and  get  nothing. 

Please  tell  L?r.  bee  that  I  intended  to  answer 
hiB  letter  today,  but  did  not  find  time,  ond  am  writing  you 
at  the  last  minute.  Ask  him  to  notify  the  American  Car  man¬ 
ufacturers  that  tho  Edison  Accumulators,  Ltd.  have  the  ex¬ 
clusive  license  for  tho  Lritish  Isles  of  the  Edison  storage 
Pattery,  and  that  they  must  make  arrangements  with  us  if 
they  wish  to  cell  their  vehicles  over  here, 

I  have  no w.  nine  commoroial  oars  on  order,  and 
have  to  hustlo  to  make  deliveries.  Hot  being  fully  organized 
as  yet,  there  is  considerable  work  to  be  done.  I  enclose 
photo  of  our  new  premises  and  show  rooms,  which  will  be  opened 
tomorrow.  The  offioc  part  will  not  bo  ready  for  five  or  six 
weeks.  On  the  27th  instant,  wo  are  giving  a  lunch  to  tho 
press  in  our  building,  to  be  presided  over  by  Lord  Montague, 
as  I  wrote  you  yestorday,  and  this  will  get  a  fine  advertise¬ 
ment  for  little  money. 

Enclosed  find  also  a  few  outtingB  which  will 
interest  Hr.  Edison.  I  will  w rite  him  by  next  mail,  and  hope 
he  is  well  now. 


Kindest  regards  to  all. 

J.  !'.  MOM’OT .  " 


Copies  to  Meoote.  lachman  and  Ji< 


Hov.  lBth,  1913 


Er.  W.  P..  Preston, 
Oceanic  House , 

1  A  Cocbspwn  Street , 
•London,  S.  XI.  England. 


Dear  Er.  Preston: - 


Your  favor  of  the  29th  ultimo  won  receiv¬ 
ed  and  its  contents  carefully  noted.  I  have  been  exceed¬ 

ingly  busy,  hence  the  short  delay  in  reply. 

The  contract  we  made  with  Er.  Monnot  and 
his  Company  gives  them  the  right  for  the  sale  and  use  of 
the  Storage  Batteries  in  the  British  Isles  onfcy.  This, 
therefore,  gives  them  no  right  to  sell  batteries  to  you  when 
they  are  to  be  used  outside  the  British  Isles.  Hence,  I 
sent  you  the  following  cable  yesterday,  which  is  now  confirm¬ 
ed: 


"Monnot  has  no  right  under  contract  to  sell 
batteries  for  use  outside  British  Isles. 

This  in  reference  to  second  paragraph  your 
letter  29th  ultimo.  better  follows." 

I  have  no  desire  to  suggest  or  interfere  in 
any  way  in  regard  to  the  terms  and  conditions  under  which  Kr. 
tionnot  and  his  Company  ore  willing  to  grant  to  your  Company 
the  right  to  use  the  batteries  for  train  lighting  in  the 
British  Isles,  and  therefor©  I  refrain  from  offering  any  com¬ 
ments  in  connection  therewith. 

As  to  the  remainder  of  the  world,  excepting 
Germany,  Austria?  Hungary,  and  north  America,  we  have  express¬ 
ed  our  willingness  to  enter  into  a  oontract  with  your  Company 
as  outlined  in  our  letters  of  the  9th  ultimo,  and  I  presume 
this  proposed  arrangement  is  still  under  consideration. 

bet  me  add  that  thore  will  be  no  conflict 
as  to  territorial  rights  of  batteries  intended  for  use  outside 
the  British  Isles  and  other  restricted  territory  are  shipped 
from  here. 


Yours 


truly, 


'Yj/l/l  cJ/UM^ 

far  ^  /'>•- 

'yj'Uvnio-'h  r>~  VpcU m  Id  o 

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bib  •  Hi/aM 

Wf***‘<  * .  : 

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givxM'sj  60%^  j*vi'n*ui't>uc*tL 


November  20,  1913, 


!.!r.  Edioon:- 

I  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Uonnot,  which  I  have 
had  copied  <kn  tho  typewriter  in  order  that  you  may  more  oaoily 
read  it. 


"J.ondon,  November  17,  1913. 
10. co  i.  t. 


hear  Hutch 

1  duly  received  your  letters),  and  you  must  exouee 
me  if  X  have  not  written  you  as  promised.  1  have  had  alwayu 
oome  important  matters  that  prevented  me  at  the  moment,  and 
X  can  aoeure  you,  I  hove  never  been  kept  ac  buoy  as  on  my 
return  from  New  fork. 

Aa  I  wrote  you,  it  was  hard  work  to  get  the  capital 
subscribed  on  account  of  the  bod  timoa  we  are  going  through 
on  this  aide,  and  I  hud  to  take  quite  a  alioe  of  shares  my¬ 
self  to  complete  the  amount  required.  In  tho  meantime  I  had 
to  run  the  current  buaineeo  which  its  developing  rapidly,  and 
then  came  this  Stone  and  Co.  propoeition.  I  tolu  you  what  I 
thought  of  them  and  my  different  interviews  with  lrcoton  haa 
confirmed  mo  in  my  opinion  that  they  want  to  corner  tho  Edison 
battery  for  train  lighting,  only  to  protect  their  own  business. 
They  own  aeveral  large  loud  accunulator  factories,  and  it  ia 
evident  that  thoir  interest  is  only  to  place  Edison  batteries 
when  they  cannot  do  otherwioo.  I  told  thia  to  lreeton,  and  he 
did  not  deny  it,  no  ho  can  afford  to  take  the  minimum  that  I 
stipulated  only  to  keep  uo  out  of  tho  railroads,  where  Ctone 
and  Company  are  making  large  profito.  I  don't  knov/  for  what 
reason  Hr.  Edison  hoD  found  it  advisable  to  offer  them  such 
terma,  which  arc  more  favorable  than  the  termo  ho  lias  givon 
mo,  and  X  don't  think  it  is  right,  atone  and  Company  have 
used  methods  that  are  not  approved  by  everybody,  and  havo 
had  trouble  with  oevernl.  English  Hailroade.  Mr.  ireuton  is  a 
very  clever  man  and  huevthe  beginning,  tied  up  tho  railroads 
by  contraoto  for  maintenance  and  equipments).  But  many  of  those 
contracts  are  coming  to  an  end,  und  X  know  that  they  will  not 
bo  renewed.  Hence,  tho  rcaoon  why  Ctono  is  anxious  to  tie  up 
the  Edison  Battery.  They  are  powerful  people,  but  I  am  roally 
of  tho  opinion  that  we  oan  do  better  ugainot  them  thun  with 
them.  Hot  at  tho  beginning,  but  in  the  future.  Xe  it  advis¬ 
able,  for  a  small  and  immediate  buoinesa,  to  i'iak  the  future? 
If  they  hud  not  an  entiroly  oppoBitq  interest  to  ours,  I 
woyld  already  have  mado  nrrangemonto  with  them.  But  I  urn 
ouutious,  and  wish  to  have  sairae  positive  guarantee  of  their 
faith. 


The  other  birectoro  fool  ae  I  do  in  this  matter, 
and  Lord  Kontague  says  ho  oan  inf lucncc  the  railroads  against 
them  X  got  out  of  Hr.  freuton  tho  faot  that  the  guarantee 
he^vas  offering  wqb  1/500  part  of  tho  truin  lighting  huoineooJ 
Almost  nothing.  I  nm  C°ine  to  oeo  him  again,  ar>u  try  to  oomo 
to  an  understanding,  and  will  let  you  Know. 

In  regard  to  your  letter  on  American  Vehicle  Wan- 
,i<-tieturprn  T  heK  to  oay  that  the  matter  is  dirt  icult  to 
annreoiate  from  your  aide,  and  X  thought  X  had  made  my  policy 
clear  to  Hr.  Edition,  by  ohowing  him  the  contruotB  I  mb  rnk- 
inf'  with  manul’acturoro  on  thio  aide,  to  revise  the  interoot 
in^elcctrio  traction,  and  which  ho  approver  anu  said  that  I 
was  working  on  the  right  lines.  V.'hcn  I  came  over  to  cell 
batteries ,  I  found  that  there  were  no  users  -the  olectrio 
vehicle  industry  being  dead.  Ilo  American  manu urera 
done  anything.  I  then  made  up  my  mind  to  get  manufacturers 
here  to  come  in  with  me  to  develop  the  market.  I  spent  a 
lot  of  tirao  end  energy  to  produce  rcsulta,  and  worked  up  the 
municipal  and  private  eleotriccoapanicotointeroat  them- 
selves  in  oaid  development  to  help  us  from  the  “tart,  rhis  I 
have  accomplished  and  formed  furthermore  a  ] rltioh  *lcctrio  . 
Vehicle  Committee,  ao  a  branch  of  the  Municipal  Lleotrio 
station  ingineere  Association.  You  may  have  seen  this  in  the 
electrical  papero.  All  thia  waB  done  at  tho  cost  of  money 
and  hard  work,  and  now  that  the  movement  ie  created  and 
ordoro  (which  have  boon  hard  to  get)  are  ooming  in,  t“° 
/.merioan  manuf aoturcro  wake  up  and  want  to  come  in  and  reap 
the  harveot  without  having  done  a  single  thing  to  mako  it. 

Thie  in  all  right,  but  X  don't  object  to  Bell  them 
batteries  if  they  will  co-operate  with  the  others  and  pay  a 
h teller  price  for  the  batteries  than  they  can  got  them  in 
Amerloa,  «b  theoe  manufacturers  are  doing,  rhis  is ^necessary 
by  reason  of  tho  additional  expenses  of  getting  them  over¬ 
bore,  and  tho  comparatively  email  discount!!  from  the  list 
prices  that  have  been  given  me.  I  expect,  however,  that  they 
will  kick  at  paying  any  more  than  they  can  got  the  batteries 
for  in  iiov;  Jersey,  and  then  where  shall  my  company  stand  to 
make  back  all  the  money  we  havo  ntill  to  opend  to  dovelop 
the'  market? 

You  oay  that  the  American  .v.anufacturers  will  put 
in  lend  bntteriee.  I  do  not  think  they  would  be  very  ouooeos- 
ful  in  doing  bo.  I  four  I  am  not  afraid  of  them  -  the  lead 
batteries.  They  havo  been  ouoh  a  nuisance  a"d,^ve  been  oo 
unsuccessful  in  thio  Country,  that  nobody  0,1 
look  at  them.  If  I  have  been  able  to  revive  the  interest  on 
battery  traction,  it  is  only  on  account  of  the  edi son  Cell. 

On  the  other  hand,  if  I  don't  give  a  start  to  the  britlsh 
manuf acturero ,  they  won’t  go  into  building  the  cars.  VorKinfc 
on  the  linco  I  have  told  Hr.  Kdison,  I  have  negotiated  with 
the  baimler  Company  for  building  the  ooinmoroial  cars  of 
two-ton  and  three-ton,  four-ton  and  five-ton,  and  aleo  with 
tho  v/ol oely  Tool  and  Kotor  Car  Company,  which  is  controlled 
by  Vickero.  tfor  building  tramways,  (with  Adi soil  battery)  X 


•3- 


have  made  arrangement!)  with  Liok,  Kerr  and  Company.  Now,  am 
I  going  to  give  up  theoe  AnxxXx  arrangements,  and  retard  the 
development  and  vmit  for  the  American  manufacturers  to  oome 
over  here  or  not?  Believe  me,  the  quotation  ie  a  oomplex  one, 
and  your  letter  has  ourprieed  me.  I  have  Bold  American  oorameifc 
oinl  vehicles  here  -  lanoden  and  Anderson  »  and  met  with  a 
lot  of  objections.  They  are  not  made  to  the  standard  of  this 
Country,  and  will  have  to  be  greatly  modified  to  meet  the 
consumers 1  requirements. 

Ao  I  have  oabled  you  today,  I  am  willing  to  modify 
my  policy  if  I  am  wrong:,  and  soil  all  the  batteries  I  can, 
which  is  my  only  objeot,  but  I  wiBh  to  make  working  arrange¬ 
ments  with  the  American  manufacturers  that  want  to  oome  into 
this  market,  and  oo-operate  with  them.  The  best  thing  for 
them  to  do  is  to  send  their  authorised  representativco  to  see 
me,  to  make  agreements.  I  am  already  in  correspondence  with 
the  General  Vehicle  Company,  and  will  see  them  here  as  soon 
as  possible.  I  have  so  many  calls  daily  thut  I  oannot  manage 
to  do  everything  that  requires  ray  personal  attention. 

It  ie  funny  how  all  sorts  of  things  crop  up  whe  n 
you  think  you  have  clear  sailing,  I  thought  I  had  everything 
planned  for,  and  all  thene  questions  oome  up  ot  onoe. 

Regarding  the  payment  of  $26,000.00  due  Ur.  Edison : 

I  received  your  cable  today  and  have  asked  you  to 
ascertain  if  he  will  nl'lov/  me  to  pay  this  from  here,  ne  it 
will  coot  me  one  percent  to  send  it  by  cable.  I  am  expecting 
your  answer  in  the  morning,  and  I  wish  to  keep  to  the  terms 
of  the  contract  and  run  no  chances  after  all  the  money  and 
work  I  have  put  Into  the  enterprise,  wfrieh  I  vrauld  not  under¬ 
take  again  Hid  I  not  think  that  Mr.  Edison  would  back  me  to 
the  end  after  1  had  done  almoot  the  impossible  to  make  a  ouooe  as 
of  it. 


I  have  rented  a  largo  building  at  No.  2  and  3  Luke 
Street,  between  licoadilly  and  lull  Mall,  with  12,000  feet 
of  floor  space.  The  show  room  will  be  opened  in  a  day  or  two, 
and  will  give  an  Inauguration  banquet  to  the  press ,  presided 
over  by  Lord  Montague,  on  the  27th  inotant.  Will  send  you 
cuttings  of  paporn  afterwards.  You  will  see  a  little  later, 
that  Mr.  Edison  is  y;rong  in  not  having  full  oonfidenoe  in  me. 

I  ora  tired,  old  man,  and  can  hardly  write.  Excuse 
me.  I  am  going  to  bed.  Good  night,  with  kindest  regards  to 


Yours , 

J.  F.  Uonnot." 

Under  date  of  November  18th,  I  have  another  latter, 
follows: 


Thomae  A,  Bdiaon  U  fc/tf*-*-  , 

Bdiaon  Laboratory,  ,-c'  l  (*4 

Crane* ,  H.J.  ,  d  £<•- 

U«8^A  •  i  /fit*  \.&£  &r'" 

Vy  dear  Wieon:^  v*v  y  Jwf 

Aa  «h»  am  Deutacha  Edison  Co.  era  andawroritfcl 
their  output  of  *<U»on  batteriee  In  thie  eountry* 
h*a  paan  evsgeeted  that  w»a  or  two  practical  battery  man  te  ae«t^' 
wr  to  thf  United  dtata*  tP  etudy  the  manufacturing  pr*eeMe«|»k* 
the  Sdlaon  hattary.  >  «  MM  to  thij*  that  ww  •**  not  qui^a  / 

yp  to  4»ta  aa  far  **  •**  th#  moieTO  i®»*owementA  m*d*  hy  you  } 

d*ri*  Mft  ifW  concerned.  It  1.  papoaad  to  .and  the..  / 
pyer  to  you  about  the  and  of  Bebrupw  and  X  atooujd  he  oblige* 
if  you  **m  flATidt  »*  *r  •*  WU  "WM*  «»*«  %lm 

would  ha  »ocept»h}c  n  *9WW*f  *™r  *ww5*"’nt  * 

Aw4tiW|  your  reply  with  interest,  X  aa,  with 


ktnddOt  reyarda 


Your*  ainaapely. 


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Mr.  Harry  F.  Miller:  Hoc.  4,  191S. 

In  connection  with  Mr.  Cromelin's  resignation  as 
Managing  Director  of  Thomas  A.  Edison,  ltd. ,  london,  he  will 
^probably  sign  a  release  of  all  claims  against  Mr.  Edison 
personally,  T.  A.  Edison,  Inc.,  and  T.  A.  Edison,  ltd.,  hut 
refuses  to  sign  release  for  claims  against  the  Storage  Battery 
Co.  oovering  commission  on  oells  sold  hy  Monnot  on  which  the 
Storage  Battery  Co.  were  paid  a  royalty.  Mr.  Edison  told  me 
■Ahe  Storage  Battery  Co.  would  pay  such  commissions  as  Cromelin 
was  entitled  to,  whenever  he  put  in  a  claim  for  them,  and 
requested  me  to  have  Mr.  Mudd  get  up  a  statement  showing 
/what  these  commissions  would  amount  to.  I  attach  hereto 
thtf statement  made  up  hy  Mr.  Mudd,  which  I  believe  covers  the 
pumber  of  A-4  or  their  equivalent  oells  on  which  the  Storage 
$ Battery  Co.  have  received  a  royalty  from  Monnot, from  the  time 
the  arrangement  was  entered  into  with  Cromelin  until  it  was 
tf/rpfinatld  hy  a  letter  from  Mr.  Edison,  oopy  of  which  I  believe 
you  have  ten  file . 

\,I  am  sending  this  to  you,  as  in  case  a  claim  is 
ever  made  hy  Cromelin,  it  will  no  doubt  have  to  he  handled  hy 
the  Storage  Battery  Co. ,  and  not  hy  me.  If  there  is  anything 
about  the  statement  made  up  hy  Mr.  Mudd  which  you  do  not 
understand,  you  had  better  see  him  concerning  same.  As  near 
as  I  can  figure  out,  Cromelin's  commissions  would  only  amount 
to  $256.45,  which  is  not  worth  quibbling  over. 

OHW/lWff  C.  H.  W. 

(Copy  to  Mr.  Edison) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Shipments  of  cells  to  Mr.  Konnot  (England  &  Erance) 
on  which  Royalties  were  paid. 


1911 

Nov. 22  11099 

22  11100 

22  11101 

23  11122 

23  11123 

Dec.  2  11285 

2  11286 

2  11287 

2  11288 

2  11289 

2  11290 

2  11291 

1912 

Pet).  29  13048 

29  13050 

Mar.  1  13187 

1  13188 

1  13190 

1  13192 

Apr.  2  13782 

2  13785 

2  13786 

Aug. 6  805 

SeptlO  1620 

10  1621 

13  1707 

2.5  1989 

Oct. 23  2900 

23  2902 

26  3021 

30  3173 

30  3174 

Nov.  1  3208 

1  3209 

1  3244 

2  3296 

8  3482 

13  3601A 

16  3707 

16  3708 

19  3830 

21  3916 

27  4178 

Dec. 10  4700 

10  4702 

28  5263 

1913 

Jan. 10  5705 

10  5776 

20  5959 

Feb. 13  6725 

Mar.  6  3-104 

14  3-306 

Apr. 18  4-603 

18  604 

May  3  5-102 

3  103 


13217 
13226 

13222 

13223 
13222 
13219 

13231 

13229 

13232 

13230 
13228 

13218 

14431 

14430 

14258 

1-1259 

14255 

14256 
14761 
14764 
14760 
1768A 
1771A 
1770A 
2666A 
1591A 
2790A 
1039A 
3051A 
1769A 
1592A 
1183A 
3224A 
2043A 
3222A 
2700A 
3355A 
3215A 
1909A 
3352A 
3357A 
3350A 
3219A 
2296A 
3217A 

4238A 

2294A 

3223A 

5122A 

5731A 

5729A 

6746A 

6744A 

7039A 

705BA 


60-A8 
60-A8 
120- A6 
180-A4 
180-A4 
100-B2 
180-A4 
100-B2 
180- A4 
100-B4 
100-B4 
120-A6 


$  48.00 
48.00 
72.00 
72.00 
72.00 
10. 
72.00 
10.00 
72.00 
20.00 
20.00 
72.00 


100-A8 
100-B2 
60-A10 
60-A12 
60-A10 
60-A12 
100-B6 
100-B6 
200- A4 
100-B6 
100-B2 
100-B4 
27-A4 
120-B2 
60-A6 


120-AeH 
120-B6 
120-B4 
95-B2 
120- A8 
120- A6 
64-A6 
100-A12 
240-B2 
170-B2 
24-B2 
120-B4 
170-B4 
260-B2. 
100-A12 
50-A6H 
70-B4 


80.00 

10.00 

60.00 

72.00 

60.00 

72.00 

30.00 

30.00 

80.00 

30.00 

10.00 

20.00 

10.80 

12.00 

36.00 

6.50 
96.00 
36.00 
24.00 

9.50 
96.00 
72.00 
38.40 

120.00 

24.00 

17.00 

2.40 

24.00 

34.00 

26.00 

120.00 

30.00 

14.00 


300-B2 
50-A4H 
60-A12 
60- Ae 

60-A8H 

120-A4 

210-B4 

210-B2 

210-B2 

210-B4 


30.00 

20.00 

72.00 

48.00 

48.00 

48.00 

42.00 

21.00 

21.00 

42.00 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


15 

June  3 
July?- 6 
1913 
Kay  7 
1911 
Nov. 16 

16 
16 


Nov. 14 
1913 
Net).  13 
Apr.  9 
12 


570 

6-61 

7-840 


14465 

11000 

10999 

11001 

11002 

11067 

11090 

11198 

11199 

11940 

11940 

3238 

6726 

298 

4- 420 
421 

5- 569 
7-764 

765 

798 

8-59 


7044A 

7042A 

7299A 

7298A 

8667A 

396A 

12725 
12752 
12751 

12726 

13204 

13205 

13206 

13207 

13615 

13614 

3223A 

5395A 

5161A 

6498A 

6496A 

7297A 

8665A 

8689A 

8666A 


220-B4 

210-B2 

60-A8H 

100-A4H 

720-A4 

10-B4 

1-B2 

120-B2 

120-B4 

10-B4 

60-A6 

60-A4 

60-A4 

60-A4 

100-B2 

100-B4 

60-A12 


$  44.00 
21.00 
48.00 
40.00 
288.00 

2.00 

.10 

12.00 

24.00 

2.00 

36.00 

24.00 

24.00 

24.00 

10.00 

20.00 

72.00 


120-A4 
170-B2 
210-B2 
220-B4 
100-B6 
240-B2 
136- A6 
340-B4 
5-B4 


48.00 

17.00 

21.00 

44.00 

30.00 

24.00 

81.60 

68.00 

i.eo 


8515.75  A4-equiv . $3406.30 


2087  A4 
150  A4H 
680  A6 
50  A6H 
400  A8 
240  A8H 
120  A10 

440  A12 
3145  B2 
2215  B4 
520  B6 


2087 

150 

1020 

75 

800 

480 

300 

1320 

786.25 

1107.5 


$834.80 

60.00 

408.00 

30.00 

320.00 

192.00 

120.00 

528.00 

314.50 

443.00 


390  156. 00_ 

“8515775  $3406.30 


H. 


Mr.  Edison :- 

I  am  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  Monnot  as 


follows: 


"November  24,  1912. 
London,  England. 


Ky  dear  Hutch :- 

1  just  received  your  letter  of  the  17th 
stsnt ,  and  thank  you  for  the  contents  thereof. 


,  <u4 

Referring  to  Arrol- Johns ton  matter:  X  oa^not 
think  Hr.  Edison  would  he  displeased  at  my  giving  them 
batteries  on  consignment  for  equipping  the  Jars  tllel[ 
building.  It  was  specified  in  the  contract  I  made  with  them, 
and  which  was  approved  by  Mr.  Edison.  I  did  not  think  he 
would  have  any  objection  to  my  doing  this  until  the  company 
matters  were  settled.  I  did  not  intend  to  take  any  liberty 
with  the  goods.  I  asked  him  to  make  draft  on  the  company 
for  the  payment  of  the  $25,000.00  to  save  expense  of  cabling 
the  money. 

Regarding  the  sale  of  batteries  to  American 
vehicle  manufacturers: 

I  cabled  you  that  X  would  sell  them,  but  that 
X  would  like  to  make  arrangements  directly  with  therp,  and  I 
think  it  is  the  proper  way.  The  conditions  here  are  not  tne 
same  as  over  there,  and  of  course,  they  will  have  Jo  pay  more 
for  the  batteries.  I  have  formed  here  an  electric  vehicle 
committee  for  the  development  of  accumulator  traction,  and 
wish  to  work  in  harmony  with  all  manufacturers  making  a 
proper  vehicle  for  the  Edison  Eattery.  As  I  wrote  you  already, 
if  the  General  Electric  vehicle  or  Waverley  found  that  they 
can  sell  electri®  here,  it  is  entirely  cue  to  the  revival-of 
interest  work  we  have  done,  and  I  wish  to  get  them  to  co-oper¬ 
ate  in  the  development.  The  best  thing  to  do  is  to  notify 
them  all  that  we  have  the  exclusive  license  for  Edison 
Eattery  for  the  British  Isles,  and  that  they  will  have  to 
•purchase  them  from  us.  Also,  that  no  Edison  Eatter-y  can  be 
imported  here  except  by  us,  and  that  they  must  communicate 
directly  with  me  to  make  selling  arrangements  before  they 
send  vehicles  over. 

Since  X  wrote  you,  I  had  another  interview 
with  Preston  of  Stone  and  Company,  who  introduced  to  me  one 
of  his  right-hand  men,  Hr.  Walker.  Mr.  Walker  is  going  to 
America  tomorrow,  and  especially  to  Orange  to  complete 
arrangements  with  Mr.  Edison  for  train  lighting  in  other 
Countries. Although  I  believe  that  it  is  not  to  our  interest 


-2. 


to  tie,  un  with  them.  I  have  agreed  to  an  arrangement  which  I 
"am  preparing  now  for  the  British  Isles,  hut  I  am  guarding  my¬ 
self  against  them  as  I  have  the  proofs  that  they  employ  methods 
that  are  not  straight.  They  are  known  here  in  that  respect. 
Their  interest  is  all  with  the  lead  battery.  In  my  opinion, 
they  just  want  to  keep  us  out  of  the  railways  as  much  as 
possible.  In  South  America  and  Africa,  they  have  more  interest 
to  use  Edison  Cells,  as  they  have  a  lot  of  trouble  with  the 
lead  batteries  there.  But  in  England,  it  is  another  story. 


I  would  like  you  to  tell  Eilly  Bee  to  look 
out  for  them.  They  are  clever  and  very  sharp.  They  told  me 
that  they  have  so  much  influence  (obtained  by  a  bribery) 
with  railroads,  that  they  can  prevent  the  Bale  of  Edison 
Batteries.  Suppose  it  is  so  -  they  may  have  interest  to  limit 
the  Bale  of  Edison  Battery  just  to  the  minimum  of  the  quantity 
they  guarantee  to  take,  and  to  sell  no  more.  Ey  doing  this, 
they  will  prevent  the  development  of  a.  dangerous  competitor 
to  them  and  to  the  lead  battery  4&ch>ru*  which  they  own.  I 
told  them  this  straight,  and  thejf  acknowledged  that  I  had 
reasons  to  believe  that,  but  that  they  had  no  such  intentions. 
Of  course,  knowing  them,  I  don't  believe  what  they  say.  Every 
member  of  my  board  holds  the  same  opinion  of  them,  and  are 
against  the  contract  with  them  for  this  Country.  Eut  I  under¬ 
stand  that  Mr.  Edison,  Mr.  Bachman  and  Mr.  Bee  believe  it 
to  our  advantage  to  work  with  Stone  and  Co.  ,  so  I  am  doing 
all  I  can  to  come  to  a  suitable  agreement  with  them.  I  hope 
to  be  able  to  send  it  for  Mr.  Edison's  approval  by  the  next 
mail,  but  may  not  be  able  to  do  so,  as  I  have  to  get  the 
approval  of  my  board  of  directors  first. 


You  must  excuse  me  if  I  do  not  write  more 
often.  But  I  am  so  busy  with  different  matters  and  the  organ¬ 
ization  of  the  Company  that  I  have  no  time,  and  did  not  this 
week  find  a  moment  to  write  to  Mr.  Edison  as  yet.  So  kindly 
keep  him  posted  and  ask  him  to  excuse  me.  I  have  to  do  the 
bulk  of  the  work  until  I  can  train  some  more  men  and  install 
our  new  building  equipment,  of  which  I  sent  you  a  photograph 
last  week.  The  ground  floor  is  installed  and  the  show  room 
is  one  of  the  best  in  London.  It  is  now  open,  and  before  we 
divide  the  first  floor  into  offices,  we  have  decided  to  give 
a  luncheon  to  the  press  and  engineers  next  Thursday,  the 
27th  instant.  All  the  electrical  papers,  Motor,  etc.,  weekly 
and  daily  papers,  are  invited  -  about  sixty  in  all,  and  I 
expect  about  one  hundred-  guests  df.  distinction.  I  will  have 
commercial  and  pleasure  cars  in  attendance  lor  demonstration, 
and  an  exhibit  of  batteries.  I  expect  to  obtain, by  this,  good 
write-ups  in  all  the  press,  great  publicity  and  make  known 
broadly  the  new  company,  lord  Montague  will  preside  and  make 
a  speech.  One  or  two  of  the  city  engineers  will  also  do  some 
talking.  This  is"  another  task  for  me,  but  I  think  it  will  do 
quite  a  good  deal  of  good  to’  our  business. 

I  must  close.  Good-bye  and  best  luck. 


Yours  sincerely, 

J.  E.  HOHHOT." 

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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


MEMORANDUM  OP  AGREEMENT  made  this 


,  191  ,  between  EDISON  ACCUMULATOR: 

LIMITED,  whose  registered  offioe  is  at  No.  49  Old  Bond  Uj 
Street,  in  the  County  of  London,  (hereinafter  called  "the 
Edison  Company"),  of  the  one  part,  and  J.  STONE  &  COMPANY 
LIMITED,  whose  registered  offioe  is  at  Deptford,  in  the 
said  County  of  London,  Engineers,  (hereinafter  oalled  "the 
Engineers"  ) ,  of  the  other  part ; 


WHEREAS,  the  Edison  Company  under  their  agreement 
dated  September  SO,  1913  with  Thomas  Alva  Edison  of  West 
Orange,  New  Jersey,  U.8.A.,  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company 
of  West  Orange,  New  Jersey,  U.S.A.,  and  John  Perreol  Monnot; 
of  London,  hold  a  sole  and  exclusive  license  (with  the  ex¬ 
ceptions  set  forth  in  said  agreement )  for  the  use  and  sale 
of  Edison  storage  batteries  in  the  British  Isles; 


NOW,  IT  IS  HEREBY  AGREED  AS  HOLLOWS : - 
(1)  Subjeot  to  the  terms  and  conditions  herein¬ 
after  contained,  the  Edison  Company  hereby  grants  to  the 
Engineers  a  lioense  to  sell  Edison  storage  batteries  in  the 


(1) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


British  Isles  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  train  lighting 
only  in  the  British  Isles,  the  expression  "train  lighting", 
for  the  purposes  of  this  agreement,  being  defined  as  the 
lighting  of  oars  or  ooaohes  propelled  upon  rails  by  Bteam, 
and  does  not  inolude  the  lighting  of  eleotrioally  propelled 
oars,  nor  the  lighting  of  any  other  oars,  suoh  as  tramway 
oars,  underground  metropolitan  oars,  omnibuses,  automobiles, 
eta.,  and  the  lioense  hereby  granted  to  the  Engineers  does 
not  inolude  the  right  to  use  any  of  said  batteries  for  any 
purposes  other  than  the  lighting  of  oars  and  ooaohes  pro¬ 
pelled  upon  rails  by  steam.  The  Edison  Company  further 
agrees  that  so  long  as  the  conditions  of  this  agreement  are 
observed  and  performed  by  the  Engineers,  the  Edison  Company 
will  not  grant  a  lioense  for  the  sale  of  Edison  storage 
batteries  for  train  lighting  purposes  in  the  British  Isles 
to  any  other  person,  firm  or  oompany.  The  Edison  Company, 
however,  reserve  to  themselves  the  right  to  aooept  and  sup¬ 
ply  any  orders  for  storage  batteries  for  train  lighting 
purposes  whioh  they  may  receive  directly  from  any  purchaser 
in  the  British  Isles,  but  agree  not  to  solicit  any  suoh 
orders. 


(2) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


(2)  The  Edison  Company  agreed  to  supply  the 
Engineers  with  suoh  quantities  of  standard  sizes  of  Edison 
storage  battery  oells  as  shall  be  ordered  by  the  Engineers 

at  prices  oomputed  by  adding  together  the  following  amounts:- 
suoh 

For  eaoh/oell,  the  price  agreed  to  be  paid  by  the 
Edison  Company  to  said  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  for 
suoh  oell,  plus  the  royalty  thereon  agreed  to  be  paid  to  Mr. 
Edison,  plus  forming  expenses  at  the  rate  of  four  pence 
(4  d.  )  per  100  ampere  hour  of  normal  oapaoity,  and  plus  ten 
peroent  (10$)  of  the  total  (whioh  total  shall  inolude  the 
aforesaid  prioe  agreed  to  be  paid  to  said  Edison  Storage 
Battery  Company,  royalty,  and  forming  expenses)  to  cover 
general  expenses  and  profit.  The  storage  batteries  ordered 
by  the  Engineers  will  be  delivered  to  them  at  the  works  of 
the  Edison  Company  in  London,  and  in  addition  to  the  above 
prices,  the  cost  of  packing  and  all  transportation  and  freight 
charges  from  the  works  in  London  are  to  be  paid  by  the 
Engineers. 

(3)  The  Engineers  agree  to  purohase  from  the 
Edison  Company  the  following  minimum  quantities  of  Edison 


(3) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


storage  battery  oells,  namely:  During  the  first  twelve  months 
from  the  date  of  this  agreement  a  minimum  of  four  thousand 
(4000)  Edison  oells,  type  A-4,  (150  ampere  hour  rated  oapao- 
ity),  or  the  equivalent  in  rated  ampere  hour  capacity  of  other 
types  of  Edison  oells;  during  the  seoond  twelve  months 
after  the  date  of  this  oontraot ,  six  thousand  (6000)  Edison 
oells, type  A-4,  or  the  equivalent  in  rated  ampere  hour  capac¬ 
ity  of  other  types  of  Edison  oells;  and  during  the  third 
twelve  months  after  the  date  of  this  oontraot  and  during 
eaoh  subsequent  period  of  twelve  months  so  long  as  this 
agreement  shall  remain  in  foroe,  eight  thousand  (8000) 

Edison  oells,  type  A-4,  or  their  equivalent  in  rated  ampere 
hour  oapaoity  of  other  types  of  Edison  oells,  said  oells  to 
be  purohased  at  not  Issb  than  the  rate  of  one-fourth  of  the 
above  numbers  every  three  months  during  eaoh  aforesaid 
period  of  twelve  months. 

(4)  If  the  Engineers  should  commit  a  breaoh  of 
any  of  the  oonditions  and  stipulations  herein  oontained  and 
on  their  part  to  be  observed  and  performed,  the  Edison 
Company  may  by  notioe  in  writing  sent  to  the  Engineers  by 


(4) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


registered  post  terminate  this  oontraot  and  revoke  tie 
lioense  granted  hereby,  and  at  the  expiration  of  thirty 
days  after  the  mailing  of  suoh  notice,  this  agreement  and 
the  right  and  lioense  granted  hereby  shall  absolutely  cease 
and  determine,  exoept  as  regards  orders  for  Edison  storage 
batteries  previously  aooepted  by  the  Edison  Company  and  not 
yet  filled;  provided,  however,  that  in  case  such  breach 
shall  consist  in  a  failure  to  purohase  Edison  storage  bat¬ 
teries  in  the  quantities  provided  for  under  Seotion  Three 
(3)  hereof,  suoh  notice  shall  become  null  and  void  in  the 
event  of  the  Engineers,  during  said  thirty  days,  ordering 
sufficient  quantities  of  Edison  storage  batteries  to  make 
up  the  minimum  number  in  respeot  of  whioh  default  has  been 
made.  Erovided,  also,  that  in  oaloulating  the  above  men¬ 
tioned  minimum  numbers,  all  quantities  of  Edison  storage 
battery  oells  sold  by  the  Edison  Company  direot  to  purchas¬ 
ers  for  oar  lighting  purposes  in  the  British  Isles  under 
the, condition  contained  in  Clause  One  (l)  hereof,  shall  be 
taken  into  aooount  as  if  they  were  purchased  from-  the 
Edison  Company  by  the  Engineers. 


(5) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


(5)  The  Engineers  agree  to  quote  ana  sell 
Edison  storage  batteries  for  train  lighting  purposes  at  the 
same  prioes  as  they  are  quoted  in  the  lists  of  the  Edison 
Company  for  the  British  Isles,  and  to  allow  purchasers  of 
suoh  batteries  for  train  lighting  purposes  a  disoount  not 
exoeeding  fifteen  peroent  (15$)  of  the  prioes  given  in  the 

said  lists,  and  the  Edison  Company  will  observe  the  same 
ing 

rule  in  quoty  prioes  and  disoount  on  any  enquiries  they  may 
reoeive  directly  from  prospeotive  purchasers  of  suoh  batter¬ 
ies  for  the  aforesaid  purposes. 

( 6 )  Should  the  Edison  Company  sell  any  Edison 
storage  battery  oells  to  any  purchaser  of  batteries  for  train 
lighting  purposes  in  the  British  Isles,  the  Edison  Company 
will  pay  to  the  Engineers  the  net  profit  derived  from  suoh 
sales  in  excess  of  the  prioes  at  whioh  suoh  oells  are  sup¬ 
plied  to  the  Engineers  hereunder,  suoh  payment  to  be  made 

on  reoeipt  by  the  Edison  Company  of  payment  for  the  oells 
so  sold. 

(7)  The  Engineers  agree  to  use  their  best  en¬ 
deavours  to  introduoe  and  push  the  sale  of  Edison  storage 

batteries  for  train  lighting  purposes  and  agree  to  quote 

(6) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


for  the  same  in  all  estimates  or  tenders  whioh  they  may  send 
to  railway  oompanies  or  other  prospective  purchasers  of. bat¬ 
teries  for  train  lighting  purposes. 

( 8 )  The  Engineers  agree  that  they  will  not  sell 
nor  lioense  for  sale  nor  use  outside  of  the  British  Isles 
any  battery. oell  purohased  hereunder.  Provided,  however, 
that  if  the  Engineers  shall  have  acquired  from  Mr.  Thomas 
Alva  Edison  the  right  to  sell  Edison  storage  batteries  for 
train  lighting  purposes  in  any  oountry  other  than  the  Brit¬ 
ish  Isles,  the  EdiBon  Company,  subject  to  their  obtaining 
the  neoessary  permission  from  Mr.  Edison,  agree  to  supply 
suoh  quantities  of  Edison  storage  batteries  to  the  Engineers 
aB  the  Engineers  shall  order  for  such  purposes  in  any  suoh 
oountry  at  the  prioes  of  the  net  cost  to  the  Edison  Company 
of  suoh  batteries,  including  the  royalty  to  Mr.  Edison  and 
the  oost  of  formation  at  the  same  rate  stipulated  in  Section 
Two  ( 2 )  hereof,  plus  three  percent  (3$)  of  the  total,  and 
provided  furthermore,  that  any  battery  supplied  under  this 
clause  for  use  in  any  oountry  foreign  to  the  British  Isles 
shall  not  be  oounted  as  forming  any  part  of  the  minimum 
number  specified  in  Section  Three  (3)  hpreof. 


(7) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


(9)  The  Engineers  agree  to  pay  the  prioes 
agreed  upon  herein  to  the  Edison  Company  for  all  Edison 
storage  batteries  purohased  by  them  under  this  agreement 
within  thirty  (30)  days  after  delivery  thereof.  It  is  ex¬ 
pressly  agreed  that  the  Edison  Company  shall  be  relieved 
from  all  liability  for  failure  or  delay  in  supplying  stor¬ 
age  battery  oells  hereunder  oaused  by  strike,  fire,  flood, 
riot,  or  act  of  God  or  the  public  enemy. 

(10)  Ho  Edison  storage  battery  cell  purchased 
under  this  agreement  shall  be  used  by  the  Engineers  nor 
permitted  by  them  to  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  than 

i  train  lighting,  and  all  suoh  battery  oells  shall  be  used 
by  the  Engineers  for  train  lighting  purposes  as  soon  as 
possible  after  they  have  purohased  the  same. 

( 11 )  subject  to  the  observance  and  performance 
of  all  the  stipulations  and  conditions  herein  contained  on 
the  part  of  the  Engineers  to  be  observed  and  performed,  this 
agreement  and  the  license  granted  hereby  shall  remain  in 
force  so  long  as  any  British  patent  on  alkaline  storage  bat¬ 
teries  or  any  improvement  therein  owned  or  controlled  by  Mr. 

(8) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Edison  shall  remain  in  foroe,  unless  the  Edison  Company  at 
an  earlier  date  shall  oease  to  hold  and  enjoy  their  afore¬ 
said  exclusive  lioense  to  sell  Edison  storage  batteries  in 
the  British  Isles,  in  whioh  event  this  agreement  and  the 
lioense  granted  thereby  shall  forthwith  oease  and  determine. 

(12)  During  the  oontinuanoe  of  this  agreement, 
the  Engineers  shall  not  ubs  nor  Bell  for  train  lighting 
purposes  any  other  alkaline  storage  battery  than  the  Edison 
storage  battery. 

(13)  If  any  difference  shall  arise  between  the 
parties  hereto  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  olauses  herein  con¬ 
tained  or  as  to  anything  to  be  done,  paid  or  suffered  here¬ 
under,  the  same  shall  be  referred  to  arbitration  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Arbitration  Aot ,  1889,  or  any  other  statu¬ 
tory  modification  thereof  for  the  time  being  in  foroe. 

(14)  This  agreement  is  subjeot  to  and  shall  not 
beoome  binding  upon  either  party  until  it  shill  have  received 
the  approval  of  Hr.  Thomas  Alva  Edison  of  V/est  Orange  afore¬ 
said,  and  it  shall  come  into  foroe  and  beoome-  effective  on 

j the  date  on  whioh  it  shall  reoeive  suoh  approval. 


(9) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  partieB  hereto  have  exe¬ 
cuted  this  agreement  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

EDISON  ACCUMULATORS  LIMITED 

By 


J.  STONE  &  COMPANY  LIMITED 
By _ 


THE  SEAL  &  FASTENER  COMPANY 


METAL  STRAP  SEALS  AN 
MARQUETTE  BUIL! 
140  SOUTH  DEARBORt< 


>  FASTENERS 


CHICAGO  Deo,  26,1913. 


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1  have  yours  of  the  £2nd  inst.  and  take^-0^  C 
from  your  letter  that  you  have  adhered  to  your  ^Mioy^ 
of  making  at  Orange  all  the  batteries  for  the  world)  - 
and  forming  sales  agencies  in  foreign  oountri'Se^^  If 
you  have  a.  prospectus  of  the  selling  company  will  you 
kindly  let  me  have  a  copy  and  oblige. 


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Yours  sincerely. 


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LONDON,  W. 

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Thomas  A. Edison  Esq., 
Orange . 

HEW  JERSEY. 


Dear  Sir, 

We  have  to  thank  you  for  sending  along  the  Torres- * 
nondence  recently  addressed  to  you  by  Kr  Frederick  H.Tidnam 
of  Oklahoma  City,  in  which  this  gentleman  calls  attention  to 
Edison  accumulator  prospects  for  lighting  plant  and  railway 
nmnnnHnii5  at  Wisbech  ,  England. 


applications 

We  have  already  dealt  with  this  matter  as  far  as 
nossible  and  on  hearing  further  as  to  the  reality  of  the 
prospects  indicated,  we  shall  of  course  take  up  the  trail 
energetically. 

Wishing  you  the  Compliments  of  the  Season, 

Yours  very  truly, 

EDISON  ACCUMULATORS  LTD., 


JOHN*!1 .'KCIiNOT  E.Ii. 

MANAGING  DIRECTOR. 


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This  folder  contains  letters  congratulating  Edison  on  the  celebration  of 
his  sixty-sixth  birthday.  The  two  selected  items  bear  marginal  notations  by 
Edison  commenting  upon  his  health  and  offering  his  opinion  about  inventors. 

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unselected  letters  received  a  perfunctory  response  or  no  reply  from  Edison. 


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1913.  Book  and  Journal  Orders  (E-13-17) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
books  sent  to  Edison  or  ordered  by  him.  The  correspondents  for  1 91 3  include 
cartoonist  Bud  Fisher,  creator  of  Mutt  and  Jeff,  and  Delos  F.  Wilcox,  a 
franchise  and  public  utility  expert.  Also  included  is  a  letter  from  Marshall  B. 
Gordon,  who  proposed  a  version  of  the  hollow  earth  theory  in  A  Journey  to 
the  Earth's  Interior,  which  he  sent  to  Edison. 

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2,  19lfc. 


Hr.  Biia  ?iaher, 

Harbridge  Bide- , 

Hew  York  City. 

Bear  Hr.  ?isher: 

I  have  received  the  throe  "Mutt 
ana  Jeff"  hooks  which  you  have  so  kindly  sent 
no,  ana  keg  you.  will  accent  my  thanks  for  your 
courtesy.  I  an  having  then  sent  to  my  house , 
where  I  will  enjoy  then  later. 

As  a  follow  inventor,  let  me  con¬ 
gratulate  you  on  tho  invention  of  this  enjoyable 
nonsense . 

Yours  very  truly. 


THE  BIBLE 


M  AGAZI  N  E 


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January  IX,  1913. 


during  the  prepent 


My  dear  Mrs .Edison: 

Knowing  hovi  muoh  your 

father  and  all  your  family  hnvo  been  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  work  of  Christian  education 
and  Bible  study,  1  am  takine  the  liberty 
of  sending  you  a  copy  of  the  Bible  Magazine, 
the  new  publication  of  our  School ,  and  shall 
place  pour  name  on  the  list  of  those  to  re¬ 
ceive  complimentary  copies  4  4  *'1'" 

year. 

I  night  add  a  pe/sonal  word.  Mrs. 
Sanford  and  I  have  spoken  several  times  during 
the  past  year  of  accepting  your  kind  invitation 
to  call,  but  it  has  b/en  an  exceedingly  busy 
and  muoh  interrupted^ tine  with  us  both;  while 
her  health  has  not  /eon  of  the  best.  She  is 
now  on  an  extendod/trip  in  the  hope  of  regain¬ 
ing  her  usual  strength. 

I (trust  /  however ,  that  we  may  be  able 
to  see  yoxi,  before  another  year  goes  by. 

Since  Aunt  Kate  Bruch’ d  death  I  have 
felt  more  than  over  a  desire  to  keep  more  in 
touoh  with  all  the  circle  of  family  friends  and 
acquaintances,  whioh  seems  to  be  shrinking  with 
eaoh  year. 

With  kindest  regards. and  best  wishes  for 
a  prosperous  year,  I  am 

Very  sinoarely  yours, 


Mrs.  fhomas  A.  Edison, 
Orange  ,  IT .  J. 


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U  February  3th.  1913. 


Dear  Mr.  EdiBon:- 

.  Mr. Hubbard  has  requested  me  to  write  you 
about  his  Complete  Writings.  We  are  issuing  a  thou¬ 
sand  sets  and  all  are  subscribed  for  except  seven. 

We  would  like  to  have  you  the  owner  of  one 
of  these,  Ur.  Edison. 

This  Complete  Set  will  contain  everything 
that  Mr. Hubbard  has  ever  written  including  all  the 
Little  Journeys,  Epigrams,  Essays  and  Short  Stories. 
Many  of  these  are  now  out  of  print  and  can  never 
be  obtained  excepijtn  this  edition. 

The  books  are  printed  on  hand-made  paper 
after  the  early  Venetian  style.  The  binding  is 
one-half  French  Levant. 

As  a  guarantee  of  the  limited  edition, 
the  names  of  the  one  thousand  subscribers  will  be 
hand  illumined  in  the  last  part  of  the  last  volume. 

This  Set  of  books  aside  from  the  fact 
that  it  is  a  treasure  in  itself,  from  a  literary 
and  artistic  standpoint,  will  also  increase  in 
value  as  the  days  go  by. 


Wo  want  you  to  seo  one  of  these  ele¬ 
gant  books  and  if  you  will  fill  out  the  enclosed 
blank  we  will  send  you  a  copy  to  examine. 

This  will  place  no  obligation  whatever 
upon  you.  If  you  do  not  wish  to  keep  the  volume 
return  it  at  our  expense.  If  you  decide  to  sub¬ 
scribe  we  will  send  the  balance  of  the  books  at 
the  rate  of  three  or  four  volumes  a  year. 

In  this  age  of  commercialism,  hustle 
and  anxiety,  this  is  a  supreme  effort  to  produce 
a  set  of  books  which  will  approach  the  ideal. 

We  think  the  artistic  and  mechanical  workmanship 
has  never  been  equaled  and  on  every  page  is  the 
apparent  touch  of  consecrated  labor. 

Subscription  blank  is  enclosed  and  we 
hope  to  receive  your  permission  to  send  a  book. 

A  set  is  being  held  awaiting  your  reply. 


Si.nce  relyP  yours , 


Devoted  to  men  who  have  achieved— have  done  things  hp|t|5Ma 
necessary,  and  have  received  their  share  of  the  wor||TPewar^ 
interest  stories  abou  real  people-the  What,  the  Whya^Ut 

Us'JstOiT,  Marcti  b.iyia.  * 


... 


I  recently.  1  Mf  S  "  .. 


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aersoual  contriW^ony^q^r  Edisc 
one  oi  tne  American  ‘^prta.vS.  'J 
vtr.nn v  of  what  !/.£•  Edison's  fork 


interpretation  as' one  ox  tne  ».ric ’  f  ^ 

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represents  and  j  wa3  en=  i 

montns.  It  ,as  not  prxnten  wxtn  any  commerciaMd  as 
W^lino!rorinting  this  book  I  bare  coee  o.  »rf 

and  oblige,  lours  very  truly, 


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HOURS  WITI^PAMOUg  AFRICANS 


Laboratory  of  T.  A.  Edison, 
Orange,  H.J. 

(Mr.  B.  Brady) 


Nawlfasm 

May  9,  1913. 


Gentlemen; - 

We  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  p.O. 

Ho. 16504  of  the  8th  inst. ,  for  one  copy  each  of  all  issue! 
of  Beriohte  der  Deutsohen  Chemisohen  Gesellsohaft  from 
May  1st,  1909,  for  whioh  we  thank  you,  and  shall  endeavor 
to  obtain  these  for  you,  but  inasmuoh  as-  they  are  to  come 
from  abroad  we  must  ask  your  indulgence  for  about  five 
weeks,  at  the  end  of  whioh  time  we  feel  confident  all 
baok  numbers  will  be  in  your  hands. 

He  understand  from  your  order  that  we  are  to 
continue  this  as  a  subscription  for  1913  and  thereafter 
until  further  notioe  from  you. 

Again  thanking  you  for  the  order,  we  remain. 


Yours  very  truly, 


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June  3rd  1S»I3. 


Brentunoo, 

5th  Ave. 

Rew  York. 

Dear  Sir  , 

A'indly  send  me 
same  to  ;ny  account . 

The  Inside  Of  The  Cup 
ifis  Beauty 
The  ilaxwcili  Hyo  tery 
The  Girl  v;ith  To  Solves 


following  books  and  charge 

By  v/Lnsfcon  Churchill. 

:  Helen  8.  Woodruff. 


J .  if.  Costello. 


Yours  very  truly 


1  Arthur  street, 


Yonkers,  H.  Y. 

June  4,  1913. 

Ur.  William  H.  Meadoworoft, 

Secretary  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  K.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft : 

I  have  your  letter  of  the 
2d  last.,  an?  wish  to  thank  you  for  its  contents. 
Mr.  Edison  happened  to  make  a  remark  about  my 
book  that  pleased  me  and  I  asked  him  if  I  might 
make  public  use  of  it.  He  said  I  might.  I  then 
asked  him  if  he  would  not  write  mo  a  letter 
embodying  the  statement.  He  said  he  would;  at 
the  same  time,  asking  me  to  leave  the  note  for 
you  that  I  did. 

I  should  rather  have  a  statement  from  him 
than  from  any  other  man  in  the  country;  but  of 
course,  X  shall  never  speak  to  him  about  it  again. 
Therefore,  X  am  particularly  thankful  to  you  for 
offering  to  call  the  matter  to  his  attention  at 
a  favorable  moment. 


Yours  Truly, 


UlLxnovs  ^tk'x'i  (C  tmtpaitg, 


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V  JunoVft,  1913. 

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Ur.  Thomas  A.  Edison,  — \  *  •  !  |  1 

Orange ,  N.J.  \  \ 

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Soms  few  months  ago.  we  prepared  data  and  issued  for  the 
benefit  of  our  trade  catalogue  illustrating  the  sizes  and  shapes  of  the 
various  products  manufactured  at  our  plants. 

in  connection  with  this  issue,  we  have  gotten  out  a  few 
copies  of  what  might  he  termed  a  -Tie  Luxe  edition".  V,e  take  pleasure 
in  sending  you  under  personal  cover  today  one  copy  of  this  booh  thinKing 
that  perhaps  you  would  he  interested  in  receiving  it  as  an  acquisition 

to  your  personal  library* 

Will  you  kindly  acknowledge  receipt. 


Yours  truly. 


&/3L 


vX-M- 

General  Manager  of  > 


Diot-S.B.RANEY-FT 


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of  3eriohte  der  Ddutsohen  Chemischen  Gesellsahaft  from  I.lay 


to  December  1909,  inasmuch  as  these  are  obtainable  only 
in  bound  volumes  whi oh  comprise  the  entire  year  1909.  Kind¬ 
ly  inform  us  whether  we  shall  order  a  complete  volume  for 
that  year  for  you. 

Enclosed  please  find  bill  for  this  journal  for 
years  1910,  1911,  1912  and  for  current  year  1913. 

Very  truly  yours, 


D.  VAH  II0S2KAITD  COI.TPAi'TYV 


On  account  of  your  interest  in  political  science  and 


economics i  1  am  sending  you  the  enclosed  printed  matter  in  regard  to 
my  change  of  work  and  my  franchise  book.  I  am  starting  out  as  some¬ 
thing  of  a  pioneer  in  a  field  which  promises  considerable  development 
in  the  future. 

On  account  of  the  strong  preponderance  of  private  interests 
in  the  ownership  and  control  of  public  utilities  in  this  country,  the 
expert  field  has  been  occupied,  with  a  few  notable  exceptions,  by  men 
who  have  received  their  training  and  their  employment  in  whole  or  in 
large  part  from  public  service  corporations.  Without  wishing  to  criti¬ 
cise  the  lawyers,  the  engineers,  the  accountants  and  other  specialists 
who  have  accepted  retainers  from  the  corporations,  I  desire  to  call 
attention  to  the  present  need  of  a  class  of  experts  trained  to  look 
at  public  utility  problems  from  tho  public  point  of  view  and  to  depend 
upon  public  bodies  and  associations  of  citiiens  for  their  financial 
support. 

In  my  new  field  I  hope  not  only  to  secure  material  succesB, 
but  also  to  be  of  service  in  the  development  throughout  the  country  of 
constructive  public  utility  policies  which  shall  lead  to  greater  secur¬ 
ity  of  investments,  more  rational  progress  and  a  greater  degree  of 
civic  freedom, 

Ifour  understanding,  your  good  will,  and,  if  opportunity  offers, 
your  cooperation,  are  solicited. 

Very  sincerely  yours 


B-2046 


SOUTH  AFRICAN  RAILWAYS. 


I  ADS.  459' 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

Orange, 

HEW  JERSEY,  U.8.A. 

Dear  Sir, 

At  the  request  of  your  representative,  Mr.  Ricalton, 
I  have  forwarded  to  you  to-day  two  copies  of  the  handbook 
"Natal",  whioh  may  he  of  some  little  service  to  you. 

Yours  faithfully. 


MANAGER. . 


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Oot.  30,  1913. 


Mr.  Thos.  A.  Edison, 

( laboratory) 

Orange,  N.J. 

Gentleman; - 

Kindly  advi 


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American  Journal  of  Soienoe, 
Transactions  of  the  Faraday  Soc'y 
Journal  of  Experimental  Society 
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Proceedings  of  the  physical  Soc'y 


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Your  early  attention  to  thisyriiatter  will  prevent 
any  interruption  in  the  receipt  of  ntunbers,  and  will  oblige, 
Yours  very  tauly. 


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1913.  Business  Propositions  [not  selected]  (E-13-18) 


This  folder  contains  unsolicited  correspondence  asking  for  Edison's 
support  or  endorsement  of  a  business  venture,  invention,  or  idea.  Among  the 
documents  for  1913  is  a  circular  letter  from  economist  Irving  Fisher 
concerning  national  health  reform. 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Cement  (E-13-19) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  relating  to  the  technical  and 
commercial  development  of  Portland  cement.  Also  included  are  documents 
pertaining  to  Edison's  interest  in  promoting  the  use  of  pulverized  limestone  for 
soil  conditioning.  The  incoming  letters  bear  comments  by  Edison  regarding  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  cement,  the  use  of  steel-reinforced  concrete  and  he 
construction  of  buildings  at  the  West  Orange  laboratory.  There  are  als 
references  to  his  promotion  of  electric  vehicles.  Among  the  correspondents  are 
George  F.  Randolph  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  Co.,  E.  B.  Thomasof 
the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  Co.,  and  Frederick  D.  Underwood  of  the  Ene 
Railroad  Co.  A  communication  from  H.  H.  Meno  Kammerhoff  conc^n^  t 
development  of  small  motors  for  use  in  drying  tunnels  possibly  refers  to  plant 
operations  at  the  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 

Aoproximately  60  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 

items  notselected  consist  primarily  of  unsolicited  correspondence  that  received 

no  reply  or  only  a  perfunctory  response  from  Edison. 


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fci&tith  iTvfs'-t^  thin? 


uh  ao  «aat  I  havefi 


tain,  I  object  to,  i^t^^ftfe-f^Trate, 
the  high  price  1  havkjhad  to  pay  your  company  for 
material.  -vu  V  *4*  itac.  3  ijx  ■• 

Aside  from  that,  tthere  is  no  quest, 
proper  policy  is  for  the  railroad: 
can  to  increase  agyR?fitlural 

that  we  are  trying  to  _do...;t.  It  _is_not  only  to  our  interest 
but  to  the  entire  haVe  for  several  years  em¬ 

ployed  an  agriculturist,  and  have  recently  given  him  two 
assistants,  who  are  fully  occupied  6a  demonstrating  to 
the  farmers  the  benefits  of  improved  methods,  among  which 
is  an  intelligent  use  of  line  on  their  Lands,  especially 
in  hew  lord  State. 

I  will  take  Up  with  our  Traffic  people  the  question 
which  you  raise  in  regard  to  the  freight  rates,  but  I 
greatly  fear,  if  a  reduction  is  male  in  the  rates  on  lime, 
it  will  simply  be  used  by  shippers  to  force  down,  through 
the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  the  rates  on  other 
materials.  The  physical  and  commercial  operation  of  rail¬ 
roads  by  acts  of  legislatures  will  have  to  run  its  course 
and  demonstrate  its  unwisdom  before  the  railroads  will 


Mr.  Ihomas  A. 


Edison  -2- 


5/21/13 


feel  as  free  to  cooperate  as  they  formerly  did  in 
movements  of  this  character. 


Mr.  Ihomas  A.  Edison, 
Orange,  H.  -J. 


Ifl  hie  Railroad  Compan 


fiSsTMay  23,  1913  u/h 


y<XC.  - 

*4*1  <*~iC'li  *■**»■*/ 

ou  for  yours  of  the  20th.  if1  tlle  matter 


y  Thank  you  for  yours  of  the  20th.  3fi  the  matter 

of  fertilizers.  Your  argument  appeals  to  me  and  I  am  in 
accord  with  it. 

Going  further,  X  wouldlike  permission  to  make 


i  all  fertilizers  that  ’ 


a  hauled  a  distance  of 


one  hundred  miles  or  over.  X  make  this  proviso  for  the 
reason  that  the  business  of  truck  farming  does  not  require 
to  be  bolstered,  and  henoe  the  freight  rate  would  take 
effect  in  a  zone  outside  of  truck  farming.  X  know  of 
no  reason  why  the  rate  you  name  should  not  be  put  in  effect, 
except  the  legal  reason. 

X  would  like  you  to  tell  me  more  about  the  ground 
limestone  —  its  consistency,  etc. 

If  you  can  stand  me,  I  would  like  to  run  out 
and  pay  you  a  visit.  In  the  Interim,  you  oan  quote  me  as 
being  in  favor  4f  the  plan. 

Yours  very  truly,  / 


It  is  such  a  long  time  sinoo  I  la3t  mat  you,  at  a  dinner  in 
Hew  York,  that  you  have  undoubtedly  forgotten  me,  but  possibly  you  may 
romomber  ny  family  name  in  Horwalk  through  our  mutual  friend  George 
Histine ,  of  Ililan. 

Hr.YUllard  has  referred  to  mo  your  letter  to  him  of  Hay  20th, 
asking  mo  to  ansv/er  it,  as  I  was  the  one  who  arranged  for  the  moeting 
of  the  Committee  to  which  you  refer,  headed  by  tho  Honorable  J.S.Freling- 
huysen,  at  which  time  Professor  Hopkins,  Chief  of  Agronony  of  the  Univer¬ 
sity  of  Illinois,  spoke  to  our  Freight  Comaittoe  on  the  subjoct  of  rateB 
on  ground  limestone. 

It  is  a  subject  in  which  I  have  tekon  considerable  interest, 
on  account  of  tho  soils  of  West  Virginia,  Ohio  and  Illinois ,  but ,  as  pre- 
-  -  -  •  -  -  subject  in-’-’*’ - 


little  interest  in  that  section,  i 
representatives  could  ho  of  much  assistance  in  carrying  out  tho  thought 
vou  have  in  mind#  . 

In  connection  with  the  subject,  however,  X  cannot  refrain 
from  inviting  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  in  the  ; las  J 
has  been  borne  upon  us  quite  forcibly  that  tho  railroad,  is  not  a  chari¬ 
table  institution,  nor  does  it  have  any  paternal  obligations.  It  is 
□imply  a  common  carrier,  and  it  has  been  pointod  out  that  it  should 
reserve  its  resources  in  excess  of  operating  expanses,  interest  and 
dividend  returns,  for  betterments  and  extensions;  that  if  its  funds  or 
efforts  aro  diverted  by  any  means  in  a  discriminatory  manner  »  a® 

sK5r.£i 

Ofluacusblm  «•  t,  tu  olJroo.  of  Prot.ooor 

i.  «*>*..  »  ~U  -  r,„.^ 

tion  with- other  Commissioners , it  has  boon  pointod  out  that  under  tho 
existing  laws  it  is  inpossible  for  the  Interstate  Comeroo  Commission  or. 
any  State  Oommiosion  to  enter  into  an  agreement  that  the  rate  made  upon 
one  commodity  will  not  be  used  as  tho  measure  for  a  rate  on  other  liko 
ooiunoditiea  handled  under  similar  conditions. 

She  rates  made  on  ground  limestone  in  Illinois  wera  established 
in  cooperation  with  the  State,  which  .agreed  to  furnish  the  ground  limestone 


at  cost  through  its  convict  labor,  cud  tho  rates  wore  not  made  to  apply 
on  limestone  provided  by  prlvato  capital  and  sold  at  a  profit. 

In  tho  original  understanding  in  Virginia,  when  somewhat 
similar  rates  -wore  put  in,  Governor  Uaan  promised  to  secure  legislation 
that  would  permit  the  building  of  State  Grinderies,  from  which  the 
limestone  would  bo  sold  at  cost  to  the  farmer. 

Those  two  instances  are  cited  to  show  that  tho  railroad  should 
not  be  expected  to  assumo  tho  burden  of  matters  of  this  kind. 

Anothor  thought  suggested  by  tho  experience  of  our  agricul¬ 
tural  representatives  is  that  the  principal  beneficiary,  (the  farmer  seems 
to  take  1038  interest  in  it  than  anyone  else,  by  reason  either  of  his 
lack  of  education  on  tho  subject  or  his  indifference,  as  ho  certainly 
does  not  use  tho  Agricultural  Stations  for  the  purpose  of  analysing  his 
soil  andtoaching  him  what  ingredients  should  bo  placed  upon _  it,  as  was 
contemplated  by  tho  law  establishing  such  stations.  Until  he  is  oduo-ted 
by  same  State-supported  institution,  which  might  be  called  a  Farmors 
Institute" ,  we  cannot  hope  for  the  interns ivo  cultivation  in  this  country 
that  is  soon  abroad,  and  it  is  questionable  whether  tho^prosont  generation 


of  fanners,  norotiously  wasteful  of  by-products  and  soil 
to  the  point  already  reachod  by  tho  Continental  farmer  in  the 

30il_co?roctivos  and  fertilisers.^ possibly Jhos^r«s^^-siib-ooti 

ton  a  milo  wil-l 


tho 


SUJ.J.  _ _ _  Possibly  those  remarks^.  Which 

simply "offered  for  your  consideration,  aro  aside  from  tt" 

A  blanket  country-Wide  rate  of  half  a  cent  £ 
not  meet  tho  situation.  The  ground  limestono  must  bo  furnished  i 
farmer  within  certain  limitations  of  cost,  and  tne  rate  that  , 

made  would  have  to  bo  determined  by  tho  location  of  the  li.neston  -  ’ 

^ MS,  in  the  nature  of  things,  become  a  local  issue  confxned  to  oortaun 

1“l°*  SlSffiS  »  «•?  ** 

broadcast ,  of  tho  basis  you  shgges^  „  aro  endeavoring  to  get 

Through  our  Agrioaltur-u  nur  ,  ^  ^  fJad  thQ  ^und 

Experimental  Stations  in  tho  educational  worfo 


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conorate. 5^.  Vtould  a  Imildinr;  of  “t^at  k:nd  bo  sui  tobl  e  for  o  ,ir 
printin';  eJCiee,  rviri  'vould  i  :  au’Mjtantiaa  enough  ?  Any  infor¬ 

mation  you  could  -;ivo  me  *.viil  lie  ver  much  appreciated,  and  regret- 
tinf;;  notheri.nr;  you  about  my  masters,  I  am,  dear  air, 


Very  t  ruly  youro 


in  t 


?.:r. Dixon  has  referred 
.Rea, on  the  General  subject  ot 
1  of  lime, and  I  take  pleasure 


;  sues  tier,  of  tie  revival  and  dc 
fertility  has  interested  nr  co-pany  ror  none  fer.ro , and  wo  h 
actively  engage!  in  this  v;ork,  ( 1 )  through  tie  ruunl;:;-;  of  far 
Trains.  These  trains  were  .mi  by  our  Company  over  the  dlff. 
of  our  road  and  worked  in  connection  with  the  respective  3tu 
Colleges, who  Vie  re  good  enough  to  furnish  lecturers  well  vers 
subjects  to  be  treated.  Clops  wore  made  at  all  stations, tu 
being  fully  advert ised, and  tie  resultant  interest  shown  in  a 
subsequent  effort  have  been  most  encouraging.  r.y  liic-se  mea 
thousands  of  farmers  were  directly  reached  by  the  lectures  v 
attention  more  than  any  issue  of  pamphlets  could  have  dono. 
up  tills  work, there  wore  distributed  at  the  onpor.se  of  the  ra 
on  the  important  subjects, so  licit  the  farmer  night  'save  in  h 
the  information  given  liin  verbally  through  the  lectures  for 
and  application.  Those  pamphlets  cover  the  following  subje 
Use  of  Dynamite  on  tl-:  Farm, 

Potato  Cultm’o, 

Alfalfa, 

/  Lime  Fertilisation, 

Orchard  Development, 
deed  drain  Suggestions 
'  The  Essentials  of  Soil  Fertility, 


:r  of  hay  20th, addressed  to 
vt, especially  through  the 
Of  our  interest  aid  efforts 

jp.Ment  of  agr ic ul t ural 

run  lug  of  Farmers  Educati  ,nal 

jspoclivo  State  Agricultural 
irs  well  versed  in  tlio 
L  stations, the  schedules 


Uom  Culture, 

of  which  our  distribution  has  run  into  many  thousands, and  wo  believe  tint  the 
expense  has  been  fully  justified.  (3)  Ly  the  establishment  of  an  Experi¬ 
mental  Farm  at  lac on, Del. .where  extra  poor  land  was  taken, and, as  a  practical 
illustration, brought  up  to  fertility  and  used  to  experiment, without  cost  to 
the  beneficiaries, as  to  what  crops  could  bo  economically  and  remuneratively 
raised  under  the  local  climatic  conditions#  This  f ann  lias  he  on  visited  hy 
a  groat  number  of  people, arm  there  is  no  doubt  that  they  have  availed  of  its 
lessons.  7o  now  have  in  contemplation  the  use  of  various  lots  of  ground 
belonging  to  the  railroad  company, along  its  right-of-way, as  further  experi¬ 
mental  stations, our  plan  being  to  give  the  use  of  the  ground  free  provided 
the  fanner  will  work  it  in  accordance  with  our  directions, believing  that  the 
most  effectual  way  of  arousing  the  farmer  is  to  treat  him  as"frcm  Missouri, 
and  show  him."  (4)  Our  most  recent  move  lias  been  the  employment  of  an 
Agriculturist, a  graduate  of  the  Agricultural  College  of  Hew  Jersey  .whose  timo 


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On  pages  520-21  of  Life  and  InveniidiiB  or  Thos  .  A.  1 
Edison,  by  F.  L.  Dyer  and  L.  C. Martin,  mention  is  made  of  an  ex¬ 
haustive  series  of  tests  made  by  Mr.  Edison  to  determine  a 
method  of  pouring  cement  whereby  the  coarser  particles  of  cement 
and  gravel  would  remain  in  suspension  instead  of  settling  to 
the  low  points  in  molds. 

We  are  experiencing  the  very  same  difficulty  in  the 
pouring  of  our  cement  laundry  trays  and  should  be  pleased  to  re¬ 
ceive  from  whatever  source  the  information  is  available  any 
suggestions,  reports,  tests,  pamphlets  or  books  that  will  be  of 
assistance  to  us  in  learning  the  proper  proportions  and  manner^, 
of  mixing  and  pouring  our  trays  so  as  to  take  them  from  the 
molds  with  perfect  surfaces.  x  ,,,  _ 

Any  information  you  can  give  us  on  the  subject  will  <T 
be  appreciated  and  gtaterully  received.  <-  ' 

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Thanking  you,  we  are,  V 


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Dear  Sirs 

I  wish  to  thank  you  for  the  courtesies  extended  to 
Ex-Congressman  Charles  N.  Fowler  and  the  writer  today,  and,  as  suggested 
by  you,  I  have  written  Mr.  Edison  in  this  mail. 


Very  truly  yours. 


wwa/t. 


August  16,  1913. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

Edison  Laboratories, 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Bear  Sir: 

I  hereby  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  favor  of  the  15th 
instant  concerning  Mr.  Benners*  patented  steel  bound  concrete  paving  blook, 
for  which  I  thank  you  very  much. 

Ur.  Benners  and  the  writer  had  a  personal  interview  yesterday 
with  Mr.  Mallory  at  hlB  office  hare  oonoemlng  the  manufacture  of  the  blocks 
and  Mr.  Mallory,  like  yourself,  thinks  very  wall  of  the  blook. 

We  left  with  him  snail  sample  block,  a  set  of  blue  prints, 
copy  of  the  patent  and  seotion  of  the  steel  anchor  bar  used.  He  stated  that 
he  was  leaving  for  Boston  and  lmedlately  upon  his  return  to  the  Works  ho 
would  take  the  matter  up  with  his  people  and  would  see  us  again  the  middle 
or  latter  part  of  next  week. 

Yours  very  truly, 

~V>\5.  AM.  A. 


WWl/T. 


THE  DELAWARE)  LACKAWANNA  &  WESTERN  RAILROAD  CO, 

LH.B  0  HAT  □  RY , 

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C^lCrbruDin/thD0au?ocl"erj»  ^ 

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rWino  no  113  to  what  knowledge  you  hnvo  oi  vwVw 

«  tooted  alone  - 

,o  the  time  1  published  tois  "rticle  ^,JL  * 

-bin  publication  of  nine  the  ti  uV„elltionv  _ 

;ont  of  this  Kind  was  called  to  your  <5-0*"), 

Thanking  you  tor  a  prompt  reply,  I  bog  ^ 


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f/d 


12-22-1913. 


Mr.  iadison: 

Ee.  small  motors  for  drying  tunnels. 


I 


l'he  2  small  motors  have  not  been  ordered  earlier  because 
1  did  not  think  it  right  to  do  so  before  all  details  of 
the  apparatus  for  pulling  the  oars  through  the  tunnel  were 
worked  out. 

The  singLo  parts  for  the  outfit  except  the  motor  can  be 
bought  from  stock,  it  is  standard  material.  If  it  should 
be  possible  to  start  service  before  the  motors  are  delivered, 
we  can  turn  the  shaft  by  means  of  a  crank,  the  pulling  of 
the  cars  taking  place  only  about  every  2  hours, 
in  selecting  the  designs,  the  drawings  of  which  were  to  be 
made  first,  1  took  always,  those  which  seemed  to  be  the  most 
pressing,  so  that  no  delay  in  regard  to  progress  on  buildings 
and  foundations  could  be  caused. 

For  some  thus  i  have  been  busy  with  the  lay-out  for  the  piping 
-system.  The  main  drawings  are  ready,  the  list  of  material  to 
be  ordered  having  been  given  to  mr.^  Herter  last  week;  it  con¬ 
tains  beside  the  fittings  about  31,000  feet  of  different  pipes 
There  remains  then,  laying  out  arrangements  for  crushing  and 
separating  nihydrate  ,  mixing  and  screening  the  iron,  driving 
the  centrifuges  for  Fe  S.O.  4  crystals. 

The  small  motors,  which  we  need  for  these  apparatus,  are  of 
standard  design  and  it  is  impossible,  that  their  delivery  can 
cause  any  delay.  The  remaining  details  will  be  finish^  and 

put  up  several  weeks  before  the  piping  is  done. 


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date  of  availability.  Many  items  contain  Edison  marginalia  indicating  that  he 
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In  spite  of  your  many  engagements,  you  have  nrobably'^fta  -of 

.fart 

the  great  Iossob,  caused  in.  Japan  hy  recent  fires. 

during  the  last  three!  mjnfhs  through  a  few  big.  ^ 
llllions  of  Dollars  and  are  bauhing  ruin  Ao 

j-tx.1**  iw  ccou-t.  (t.v«.v  --  «*£-*■*» 

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big  conflagrations  can'hardly  be  appreciated  by  people  living 

,  «&*<#*•■  4*  C . 

outside  of  Japan.  Abpoad^iref  insurance  helps  to  alleviate  the 
losses.  Here  most  people^jinnot  *a^f^^to 

asked  by  the  insurance  companies,!  or  cajanot  obtain- insUBfcnee  at 

IU[  c«-6r 

all,  since  their  risks  are’  ctoVisidered  top  hazardous.  Thus  affre 
Q_  ClB  <-K-  LtfLl'Cif 

moans  financial  ruin  to  most  people  of  the  middle  and  lower 

,  UJ*..(tC .  eJL . 

0  aSS0S'  fr  A cc...*ic.<v  t^OLLA-lC  ^  tr*  C 

The  only  escape  fronrthese  terrible  fosses  will  be  a  recourse 

to  more  substantial  building^ra^odsfilero  however  the  cost  in 
most  cases  is  prohibitive, 
ance  of  architects  and 
methods  and  a  wasteful  emijjLoy  of  labour,  even  if^chegju-ao.ypled 
with  the  architect's  profits  render  the  cost  such  houses  far 
too  high  for  the  middle  or  lower  olasses.  If  reasjwtffily  fireproof 
buildings  are  to  be  introduced  for  the  masses,  the  cost  must  be 


io.  Substantial  houses  require  fhp  fftesist- 

M  v^mufeteplt  .'in 


C)  Th.A.E.  Esq. 

reduoed  to  the  lowest  possible  minimum  by  the  employ  of  scientific 
'building  and  construction  methods. 

The  best  way  to  obtain  the  maximum  of  safety  with  the  minimum 
expenditure  of  money  eoeme  to  lie  in  your  invention  of  concrete 
castings  for  building.  It  is  very  suitable  for  Japan,  since  the 
materials  can  be  obtained  cheaply,  and  oince  the  cheaper  domestic 
architecture  lends  itself  to  standardizing,  "’e  therefore  take  tne 
liberty  of  asking  you  to  kindly  send  us  what  printed  literature 
and  other  material  you  possess,  to  holp  us  in  forming  an  idea  as 
to  the  feasibility  of  concrete  buildings  in  Japan.  As  explained 
before,  it  is  mainly  a  matter  of  price,  whether  the  method  of 
casting  concrete  can  be  introduced.  V.'e  therefore  ’would  require 
some  figures  as  to  the  approximate  cost  of  the  plant,  moulds  etc. 
and  the  material  required,  in  order  to  arrive  at  an  intelligent 
calculation. 

If  we  find  that  houses  can  be  built  at  a  reasonable  cost,  by 
producing  them  in  large  numbers  after  certain  standards,  we  inten' 
to  take  this  matter  up  seriously.  While  not  a  rich  Finn,  we 
possess  good  connections  with  leading  financiers  and  the  Govern¬ 
ment  and  wo  think  that  we  could  easily  form  a  Company  to  work  tnii 
idea.  The  Government  would  probably  assist  the  undertaking  in 
various  ways,  if  it  was  conducted  not  solely  as  a  money  making 
concern,  but  would  be  satisfied  with  a  fair  return  on  the  invest¬ 
ment. 

Hoping  to  receive  a  favorable  reply,  we  remain 

Yours  very  truly 


WESTERN  UNION 


DAY 


fTER. 


PRESIDENT 


RECEIVED  AT 


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THOS.A  «EDI  SON"', 

.ORANGE,  N.J. 

GREAT  FLOOD  WHICH  SWEPT  HAMILTON  MARCH  TWENTY^fTtL DESTROYED 
SOME  FIVE  HUNDRED  WORKING  MENS  HOMES  WHICH  MUST  BE  REPLACED  WE 
FEEL  THAT  THIS  CONSTITUTES  EXTRSORD I  NARY  OPPORTUNITY  FOR  PRACTICAL 
UTILIZATION  OF  YOUR  CONCRETE  HOUSES  CAN  YOUARSSIST  US  PLEASE 
ADVISE  WHAT  COST  PER  HOUSE  WOULD  BE  AND  FAVOR  US 
WITH  ANY  SUGGESTIONS  REGARD  I  NG/jW  FINANCING  SUCH  OPERATION 
CITIZENS  RELIEF  COMMITTEE 


PER  JAS  K  CULLEN, 

CHAIRMAN,  1020PM 


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labatory  to  investigate,  and  if  you  aro  interested  in  it  would  bo  further  ploaBed  to  take  the 
matter  up  with  you.  While  1  have  not  investigated  this  deposit,  I  am  told  by  the  owner  that 
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snip,  and  during  a  conversation  J^nadw(J>K 
It  was  mentioned  that,  your  C$ap  any tfjfir^; 
Interested  In  the  consti^ihfti^o^f 
oncrete  Du  tidings,  woul^j^tej,  y 
fl\  pre^ve 

i^erented  in  a 


paint ,  other  than  ta$, 
the  concrete  from  molstur^g 
I  am  at|| 

syndicate  called  syn&cj-e  ltd." 

in  Warrington,  and  this  Syn^ate  ha/produced 
from  the  basis  of  synthetic  gum  (resin)  a 


water  emulsion  which,  after  being  applied  on 
walls,  especially  concrete,  either  old  or  new, 
has  the  property  cf  preventing  moisture  from 
penetrating. 

I  enclose  you  herewith  some  circular 
ar.d  shall  be  glad  to  hear  whether  you  would  be 
interested  in  taking  thismatter  up  for  the 
United  States.  I  am  also  instructing  our 
Chemist  to  send  you  samples  and  further  details 
from  v/arringtor.. 

If  you  should  not  be  Interested, 
perhaps  you  would  be  kind  enough  to  give  us 
the  name  of  a  firm  you  think  would  be  'likely 
to  take  the  matter  up. 

This  matter  is  patented  all  over  the 
world,  and  we  are  perfectly  willing  to  send 
some  material  to  have  it  tested. 


Dr.  EDMUND  GRAEFE 


.  18167. 

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Thomas  A.  Edison  Esquire, 

c/o.  1'Iational  Phonograph  Co., 
Oran go  II.  Y. 


Dresden,  den  25th . August  19  13. 

'If- 

f)lu  >  I  c 4  nevjit  ^ 


)  I  had  the  plo..£ 


i  of  spool 


you  (  in  roge.rd  to  the  omploymont  of  Montan  fox  for  phonographic  dimas) 
you  were  so  kind  ;.,g  to  show  mo  your  laboratory  and  to  draw  my  attention 
especially  to  tho  modols  of  your  houses  made  of  oonoroto.  Although  this 
intorostod  me  vory  much  in  a  general  w ay,  I  had  t  tho  moment  no  special 
oauso  for  intoro3t  in  the  30.me .  How  howavor  I  ho.vo  boon  approached  by 
a  friend  of  mine  in  Russia,  who  doslros  to  build  a  largo  workmen1 3 
colony  in  connection  with  his  factory,  consisting  of  several  hundered 
cheap  workmen’s  dwellings;  and  ho  inquired  whether  I  con  propose  anything 
in  this  oonnootion. -  It  has  occurred  to  me  that  your  process  of  making 
oonorote-housos  is  just  tho  thing  to  moot  with  his  requirements  and  I 
therefore  take  the  liborty  of  asking  you  whether  you  could  place  at  my 
disposal  any  literature  deeding  with  your  process  and  also  I  should  bo 
glad  if  you  would  give  mo  an  idea  of  the  price  of  the  single  houses  and 
would  inform  me  who  has  tho  license  for  your  procoss  in  Europe,  so  that 
I  may  communicate  -with  him  respecting  this  matter. 


Thomas  A.  Edison  Esquire, 


25'fch .  August  1913, 


I  should  be  very  much  obliged  for  an  oarly  reply  and  would  bo  glad  of 
any  opportunity  of  reciprocating  your  kindness. 


KESTENE  BAZAR  M  29.  31,  38  -  SMYRNE  turquie 


SPEROPUUO 

SMYRNE 


Smyrne,  le.§?.?..1ieR.i?er....l.5tk..l8ia . 


^  A<\ 


Mr. Thomas  A. Edison, 


Being  informed  of  your  invention  ,u  concrete 
desirous  to  introduce  this  mode  of  building  intp  my  country 
amongst  ny  fellov—n  ei  ,  T'  jJftijU'  .-1  Ut,  'J#  1  !,v  1  ’  ti  , 

necessary  information  and  details, as  to  your  conditions  etc. 

I  let  yen  knew  for  yoiu1  guidance, that  in  our  country  in 
than  5  floors  are  used  vim.  building,  so  as  to  enable  you  to 
gibe  me  the  right  information  wanted. 

I  hope  that  you  will  favour  me  with  your  r-arJ.y  reply,  sc 
as  to  put  me  in  a  position  to  introduce  this  successful  Inv. 
of  youm  amongst  my  fellow-men, and  in  this  expect!/ ion, I  rema 
Gentleman, 

Very  truly  your 

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6510  N.  7tn  St.,  Oak  Lane, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. ,  Sept.  20tn,  1913, 


PERSONAL. 

Mr.  Tnomas  A, Edison, 

Llewellyn  Park,  East  Orange,  N.J. 

Dear  Sir: 


Will  you  be  kind  enougn  to  Inform  me  whether  your  new 
method  of  cement  house  construction  has  taken  such  definite  form 
tnat  it  is  ready  for  tre  market?  I  am  a  man  of  between  55  and 
60,  with  a  large  family  (eleven  children),  and  have,  for  a  number 
of  years,  been  engaged  in  manufacturing  which  was  wound  up  through 
Trust  consolidation.  I  would  be  more  than  glad  to  get  hold  of  an 
opening  which  my  long  and  tnorcugh  business  training  could  develop 
into  somethin  that  would  prove  remunerative. 

I  can,  of  course,  furnish  the  highest  references  as 
to  character,  ability  and  energy,  and  would  very  much  appreciate 
tne  favor  of  your  personal  attention. 


Roulin  S.  Saltus 


Itow  York  l!  i  by ,  30[.fc. 


idiomis  .1.  ttdiaon,  listj 
I.lav:ollyn  Park, 

Orun;;e  ,  Key;  Joraey. 


^tJl'vvv  ^ 


°(^)  J. 

j/o  K.  ij.ilbua, 
V  2-iflt  ill 


Wilmington,  N.  C. 


Ur.  Xhos.  A.  Edison, 

East  Orange,  H. J . 


Sept.  27,  191S. 


Dear  Sir: 

When  X  last  visited  you  in  your  Laboratory  I  noticed 
youx  ooncrete  houses,  and  I  understand  that  they  oan  he  con¬ 
structed  very  cheaply  if  there  were  a  number  of  theBe  build¬ 
ings  to  be  built  of  the  same  pattern.  Will  you  kindly  tell 
me, -or  if  you  have  any  pamhpletB  or  plans  that  give  it  send 
them  to  me-  what  these  buildings  cost.  My  reason  for  v/riting 
you  is  that  there  are  a  lot  colored  people  here  that  want 
houses,  and  as  I  heard  it  stated  that  you  intended  to 
dedicate  theBe  plans  for  making  ooncrete  houses  to  the  poor 
people  of  the  United  States,  it  occurred  to  me  that  it  might 


be  well  to  give  them  an  opportunity  to  own  concrete  houses. 

Any  information  you  can  give  me  along  this  line  will  be 
thankfully  received,  and  I  will  say  to  you  that  there  is  no 
intention  to  make  a  speculation  on  the  buildings  but  let  them 
construct  their  own  buildings. 

X  regret  to  learn  that  your  vacation  made  you  sick 
and  am  much  pleased  to  learn  that  you  are  now  better.  You 
may  not  remember  me,  on  account  of  this  letter  being  addressed 
from  Wilmington,  H.  C.,  but  will  state  that  I  called  on  you  — 

about  Alaska  and  knew  you  very  pleasantly  in  Cedar  Keys,  Ela. 

Very  truly  yours, 

( yJf-Ao^b- 


TAD-s 


CURAN-AMERICAN  TRUST 


MINISTERS  VAN  LANDBOUW,  NIJVERHEll 


HANDEL. 


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Dao. 9th, 1913 

/  _  il  \ 

Hr.Thos.A.Edison, 

West  Orange, 

New  Jersey 

Dear  Sirs- 

I  have  been  having  considerable  oorreapondenoe  with  Mr.F.D.Iambie  relative  to  hia 
steel  forms  for  use  in  constructing  concrete  houses  and  am  favorably  impressed  with  what  I 
have  learned  of  it. 

He  says  in  one  of  his  letters  that  you  are  familiar  with  what  he  has  done  in  the  con¬ 
struction  of  concrete  houses  at  Montclair  and  also  with  his  forms. If  so.will  you  do  me  the 
very  great  favor  to  answer  the  two  following  questions: - 

1st,  Do  you  consider  that  a  concrete  house.made  of  a  wet  mixture  and  with  walls  of  not 
less  than  nine  inches  in  thiokness.will  be  dry  and  comfortable  to  live  in? 

ZxkI,  Do  you  consider  Ur.lamble'a  forms  to  bo  practicable  and  economical? 

Thanking  you  in  advance  for  anything  yon  may  be  able  to  tell  me  I  am, 

Youtb  very  truly 

:  .}OFT 


'fZJLLc.*  e^^****^*'  V 


James  i*.  Stuart 


Constructing  Engineer 

COO  HENRY  W.  OLIVER  BUILDING,  PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Dec.  22,  1913. 


Hr.  Thomas  Edison, 

East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- 

I  ami  very  much  interested  in  the  building 
of  some  model  tenements  in  thlB  city,  and  would  thank 
you  for  any  information  you  can  give  me  on  your  poured 
oonorete  buildings  which  were  in  the  public  eye  several 
years  ago. 

Assuring  you  of  my  appreciation  for  anything 
you  can  do  for  us,  I  remain, 

•yery  truly  yours 


SMS  .SEM. 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Charities  and  Loans  (E-13-21) 

This  folder  contains  unsolicited  correspondence  and  other  documents 
concerning  Edison's  charitable  contributions,  financial  assistance,  and 
donations  of  equipment.  Among  the  documents  for  1 91 3  are  solicitations  from 
Edison  associate  Charles  L.  Edgar,  writing  on  behalf  of  Rutgers  College,  and 
the  Ernst  Haeckel  Fund  for  Monism. 

Less  than  1  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
unselected  documents  received  no  substantive  response  from  Edison.  Many 
bear  the  notation,  "no  ans." 


■been  on  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  past  half  dozen  years. j The 


College  ha3  grown  in  numbers  very  much  faster  than  in  funds j  and 
at  a  recent  meeting  a  move  was  inaugurated  to  raise  a  large  en¬ 
dowment  fund  and  we  all  promised  to  help. 

I  of  course  naturally  thought  of  you  as  being  one  of 
the  outsiders  who  would  naturally  have  a  kindly  interest  in  the 
College,  due  to  your  long  residence  in  the  immediate  neighbor¬ 
hood  and  also  duo  to  your  early  friendship  with  Dr.  Van  Dyok,  who 
inaugurated,  I  think,  the  first  electrical  engineering  course  in 
the  country.  You  v/ill  also  recollect  that  Rutgers  was  the  first 
college  to  give  you  an  honorary  degree. 

In  recent  years,  it  has  become  more  of  an  engineering 
than  a  classical  collage,  and  must  look  in  future  to  its  friends 
in  the  engineering  profession  for  help.  It  has  turned  out  a  num¬ 
ber  of  men  who  have  been  associated  with  you  and  in  your  work  for 
many  years,  and  take  it  all  in  all.  if  you  ever  do  anything  for 


Sutfortti  Entirtly  by  Voluntary  Contribution!. 


(Drang?  Hitmut  nf  Aasuriatrii 


Suurti  of  SltcrtarB 


Our  FiM  IncluJto  AH  thl  Orangto. 


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Orange.  N.  J..  March  11,  1913. 


Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Llewellyn  Park, 

West  Orange,  11.  J. 


Lear  Mrs.  Edison 


We  write  to  know  if  you  would  be  willing  to  make  a 
special  contribution  to  our  Widows'  Lenten  Pund  in  addition 
to  the  contribution  which  you  have  generously  given  for  the 
general  purposes  of  the  work. 

The  Bureau's  aim  is  that  widows  with  small  children 
should  receive  regularly  in  their  own  homes,  sufficient  help- 
so  that  they  need  not  neglect  their  children,  while  endeavor¬ 
ing  to  support  them.  With  relief  we  give  supervision  and  a 
Friendly  Visitor,  that  the  moral  and  educational  sides  Oj.  the 
children's  lives  may  not  be  neglected. 


The  Bureau  at  present  has  eleven  widows  who  are  re¬ 
ceiving  regular  assistance  The  amount  necessary  to  supple¬ 
ment  the  earnings  of  the  mother  is  usually  only  two  , 

dollars  weekly  but  this  represents  the  difference  between  dis¬ 
tress  and  comfort. 

We  hope  to  raise  $1,000  for  this  fund.  Oheoks  may- 
be  made  payable  to  the  Orange  Bureau  of  Associated  Charities. 


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SEAMEN'S  CHURCH  INSTITUTE  OF  NEW  YORK 


Llewellyn  Park,  Orangi 


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On  September  24th  a  subscription  hook  was  mailed  you  witi 
letter  asking  if  you  would  not  he  so  kind  as  to  help  in  the 
which  is  being  done  by  this  organization  for  tho  sailors  of  • 
Merchant  Marine. 


As  this  book  has  not  as  yot  been  returned  we  have  thought 
that  the  matter  may  have  been  overlooked,  and  that  if  our  needs 
were  once  more  brought  to  your  attention  you  might  be  willing  to 
send  a  contribution  for  this  work. 

The  Board  of  Managers  are  endeavoring  to  secure  §2,000.00 
more  in  contributions  within  the  next  three  weeks,  and  they  beg  to 
assure  you  that  any  assistance  you  may  render  will  be  highly 
appreciated.  / 

Yours  very  sincerely,  /  S //* 


H  /'  H  R 


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FUR  MONISMUS 

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BANK-KONTO - :  DEUTSCHE  BANK  F1LIHLE  HAMBURG 

KLEINUFONTENAY  1  ! 

Hamburg,  December  9th.  1913 

Mr.  H.  I.  Miller, 

Secretary  of  the  Laboratorium  of  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange. 


Dear  Sis, 

We  beg  to  request  you  by  the  present  kindly  to  express 
to  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison  our  best  thanks  for  his  contribution  to  the 
ERNST  HAECKEL  FUND  FOR  MONISM  of 
S  :  25,  - 


you  remitted  us  through  Mr.  Jacques  Loeb  of  the  Rockefeller  Institute 


Dear  Sir, 


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Kear  Sir:-  f  j 

I  trust  you  will  parlor irne  at  this 

time,  but!  wish  to  intertf^N«Artgml^&w?^r  i«  the 
Public  Library  at  Milan.  We-'lwraTiair  the  building  in 
operation  for  over  a  year,  and  the  records  show  Jiat  , 

we  are  issuing  monthly  ns  many  book"  an  the  total 
population  of  Milan  and  Milan  township. 

Thin  is  a  severe  drain  on  our  book  resources,  end 
was  honing  that  we  could  interest  you  n  till  further  to 
assist  us ' in  buvlnp  additional  books.  We  would  like 
$500.00  to  $1000. 00  worth  of  new  books,  as  noon  as 
we  can  possibly  get  them. 

When  the  library  was  in  the  Clerk's  office,  we 
had  a  circulation  of  a  few  hundred  per  month,  now,  as 
1  said  before,  we  have  approximately  2000  circulation 
per  month,  besides  the  magazines. 

Our  tax  levy  is  Just  about  enough  for  mnintenn.ee  puxpot 
and  does  not  leave  any  tiling  to  buy  books  with.  The  people 
in  Milan  and  surrounding  country  are  donating  liberally 
for  -this  purpose,  but  the  funds  are  entirely  inadequate 
for  our  requirements. 

If  you  could  possibly  see  your  way  clear  to  help  us 
out  with  at  least  $500.00,  we  would  certainly  appreciate 
it,  and  we  know  the  people  of  your  hone  town  would. 


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societies,  political  groups,  and  civic  organizations.  There  are  also  appeals 
from  charitable  organizations.  Among  the  documents  for  1913  are  solicitations 
and  other  correspondence  pertaining  to  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers. 

Less  than  10  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
following  categories  of  documents  have  not  been  selected:  requests  for 
Edison's  autograph  or  signature,  including  its  reproduction;  form  letters  and 
other  routine  correspondence  regarding  meetings  and  activities;  invitations 
and  other  requests  that  Edison  either  declined  or  did  not  acknowledge; 
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published  proceedings  and  printed  circulars;  and  duplicates. 


Thomas  A.  Edison. ,  Son. 

Orange,  N.J. 
gear  Mr.  Edison:  - 

I  am  intending  to  make  application  for  transfer 
from  the  grade  of  Member  to  Pel  low  of  the  A.I.B.E,  and  if 
agreeable  to  you,  would  appreciate  highly,  being  able  to  giT0 
your  name  as  one  of  the  necosoary  fire  referenoae. 


Hoping  you  are  quite  well,  1  am, 
Yours  very  truly, 


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Transfer  No . 2.S,Q.9. . 

INSTITUTE  OF  ELECTRICAL  ENGINEERS 

33  WEST  30TH  STREET,  NEW  YORK 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison 
Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 


Deaf  Slf  An  application  for  transfer  to  the  grade  of  MEMBER  in  this  Institute,  under  Clause(s).  A...of  Sec.  B 
of  the  Constitution  (see  back  of  this  form),  has  been  filed  by 

Kingsley  Gould  Martin 

Central  Eoundry  Company 
New  York,  H.  Y. 

who  has  referred  to  you  as  having  personal  knowledge  of  his  qualifications  and  e^erience  _ 

For  the  confidential  information  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  will  you  kindly  reply  to  the  followmg 

inquiries?  .  ,  , 

Very  truly  yours,  —  S  j  , 


For  how  long  have  you  personally  known  the  applicant? 


Kindly  state  instances  within  your  personal  knowledge  of  work  performed  by  the  applicant  and  your 


Date .  Signed . 

*  order  to  avoid  unnecessary  delayin  considering  this  case,  please  return  this  form  at  your  eariiest  convenience. 


Wir^lPHH  (Elufa  nf  ffieljiglr  Mniutraitg 


anil  William  Esty,  Professor  or  Electrical  Engineering,  'noth,  an  well,  of 
Lehigh  University. 

Further  information  will  he  gladly  furnished. 

Very  truly  yours , 


Secretary, 


Ur.  Thos.  A.  Edison, 

Orai’go ,  II.  J. 

Door  Hr.  Edison: - 

Many  hundred  men,  more  pnrtioulurly  electrical 
salesmen,  during  the  month  of  November,  will  bo  actively 
explaining  the  morits  of  the  Society  for  Electrical  Develop¬ 
ment  and  soliciting  company  memberships  from  all  branches  of 
the  electrical  business. 

It  would  be  very  helpful  to  the  Socioty,  and 
stimulating  to  the  men  who  are. actively  at  work,  to  receivo 
from  you  a  letter  oxpressing  your  opinion  of  the  Socioty  and 


Inasmuch  as  the  object  and  the  work  plonnod  are 
co-extensive  Yfith  oleotrical  service,  your  ondoroemont  can 
bo  without  prejudice  to  any  particular  interests. 

If  you  have  not  alroady  soen  it,  I  am  sure  you 
will,  as  a  basis  for  your  endorsement,  bo  interested  in  reading 
the  enclosod  condensed  pamphlet,  doaling  with  the  principles, 
plans ,  and  mo  tied  of  membership. 


Your  co-operation  in  this  would  be  greatly 


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Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Copyright  (E-13-25) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  concerninq 
the  use  and  protection  of  intellectual  property.  Included  are  references  to  the 
copyright  laws  of  Great  Britain,  Australia,  Canada,  India,  and  New  Zealand  in 
tetters  by  Paul  H.  Cromelin,  managing  director  of  Thomas  A.  Edison  Ltd  in 
London  Also  included  is  correspondence  relating  to  Edison's  interest  in 
distributing  among  his  salesmen  a  New  York  Globe  article  on  salesmanship 
by  Dr.  Frank  Crane. 


All  of  the  documents  have  been  selected 
the  Copyright  Office  of  the  Library  of  Congress. 


except  for  one  bulletin  from 


Dr.  Frank  Crane, 

%  Hew  York  Globe, 
lieu  York  City. 

Dear  Sirj- 

Tho  enclosed  talk  of  yours  on  salesmanship, 
published  in  the  Globe,  impressed  me  so  favorably  that  I  would  like 
to  distribute  the  reprint  among  my  own  salesman,  about  two  hundred 
in  number.  If  this  is  agreeable,  will  you  kindly  advise  me  and  state 
what  charge  you  would  make  for  copyright  on  that  number. 

Yours  very  truly. 


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Hew  York. 

Dear  Hr.  Miller, 

you  are  accustomed  to  cend  m  m  copy  of  your  letter  to 

Hr.  Ka.ys.TB  tut  for  uohv  reneon  fchie  aid  not  reach  me. 

Ir.  regard  to  the  question  of  Vserionn Copyright. 

of  selections  recorded  hare  in  England,  my  understanding  ie 

that  at  the  present  time  no  procldietior.  has  been  iecu.od  y 

,  ,  .  Hrinrir"  the  works  of  British  Authors 

tho  American  Government  SSdnf.m^  xcn. 

under  Section  1®  of  the  United  Mates  Copyright  Actj  in  other 
words,  no  royalty  ie  an  yet  payable  on  such  select  lone. 

Whether  or  not  there  has  been  any  recent  proclamation  I  am 
not  advised  but  up  to  the  date  of  my  last  advices  American 
Companies  were  not  paying  the  copyright  on  the  works  of 
British  Authors.  Of  course,  should  we  record  anything  here  which 
is  entitled  to  protection  under  the  American  Law,  and  you 


.s. 

put  it  out  in  the  States,  it  would  be  necessary  for  you  to 
account  in  the  usual  manner  to  the  owner  of  the  United  Staten 
rights . 

In  regard  to  the  Chappell  suit,  I  wrote  fully  to 
hr.  halter  Stevens  and  me  under  the  impression  that  I  had 
sent  you  a  carbon  copy  of  the  letter  or  advised  you  in  respect 
to  the  suit.  I  find  I  did  not  send  you  a  carbon  copy  of  the 
original  advices,  but  on  July -82nd  I  wrote  you  stating  the 
basis  for  the  .action  and  cautioning  yon  at  the  same  time 
against  similar  actions  in  the  United  States.,  negotiations 
are  now  penning  fc-r  a  settlement  of  thin  action  which  we  trust 
-.•ill  bn  successful.  t'ince  my  advioca,  the  Columbia  Company 
and  Paths  have  been  served  with  writs  in  eirr.il.'.r  actions. 

I  am  very  glad  to  note  by  yours  of  Kept. 5th  to 
;.;r.  Hayes  that  "Cielo  e  K&r"  by  Anoelmi  has  como  out  very 
good  and  trust  that  the  balance  rill  prove  satisfactory. 

Did  Aneelmi  ever  follow  ur  hi  threat  to  sue  the 


Edison  General  File  Series 
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Edison's  deafness  and  to  devices  for  the  hearing  impaired.  Included  are 
requests  for  Edison’s  opinion  of  existing  hearing  aids,  as  well  as  inquiries 
concerning  his  plans  to  invent  such  a  device.  Most  of  the  letters  received  no 
answer  or  a  standard  reply  stating  that  Edison  had  discontinued  his  hearing 
aid  experiments  and  that  he  expected  to  return  to  them  in  the  future.  Among 
the  documents  for  1913  are  items  pertaining  to  the  Acousticon  Sound 
Regulator  and  Edison's  opinion  of  the  product. 

A  sample  of  less  than  5  percent  of  the  documents  has  been  selected. 
All  of  the  documents  containing  substantive  marginalia  by  Edison  have  been 
selected. 


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THOMAS  A  EDISON  ,  ^ 

'  1^-  WEST  ORANGE, N.J. 

WILL  BE  GREATLY  OBLIDED  IF  YOU  WILL  ADVISE  ME  BY 
NIGHT  LETTERGRAM  AT  MY  EXPENSE  YOUR  OPINION  AS  TO  WHAT 
ARE  BEST  INSTRUMENTS  TO  BE  WORN  ON  PERSON  AS  AIDjis 
TO  IMPAIRED. HEARING  ALSO  IF  POSSIBLE  WHERE  THEY  CAN  BE 
PROCURED  , 


J.A.LIGHTHIPE  237AM 


Orange,  Hen  Jersey. 


,,Rer,lyintT  to  yours  of  the  19th  ult.j  regard- 
an  apparatus  for  the  deaf.  Hr.  Edison  directs  me 
to  write  ycu  that  when  he  gets  time  he  will  try  t< 
invent  an  apparatus  for  the  deaf." 

I  am  fully  aware  that  you  have  been  very  bus 
;ount  of  the  many"  newspaper  items  I  have  read  concer: 
ir  work.  How  that  you  have  gone  thru  with  your  firs' 
,n  in  eic-ht  years,  I  find  that  you  can  work  oettsr  tl 
i  play  so  far  as  your  health  is  concerned,  and  you  i 
;  to  take  up  the  matter  of  inventing  something  for  tl 


I  am  enclosing  a  few  illustrations  of  some  instr; 
that  are  now  in  UBe.  The  appliance  referred  to  in  the  enc 
clipping,  taken  probably  from  'Popular  Mechanics  is  one  o 
which  1  know  nothing  of;  the  Acouoticon  10  one  that  I  am  ui 
at  the  present  time  and  io  sold  at  a  price  of  v75,00.  It 
about  £3.00  per  month  to  pay  for  batteries  and  cords  which 
used  in  connection  therewith. 

There  are  thousands  of  deaf  people  in  the  H.  8.  i 
of  whom  undoubtedly  would  like  to  have  you  experiment  on s< 
thing  of  this  kind  and  put  upon  the  market  ,  aayouundoub 
can,  an  instrument  which  will  be  perfectly  satisfactory.  - 
when  that  is  done,  you  will  have  conferred  upon  this  large 
number  of  people,  a  great  favor,  enabling  many  of  them  to  r 
a  living  for  themselves  and  families  which  at  the  present 
is  impossible. 

I  shall  be  glad  indeed  to  hear  from  you  at  your 
convenience  in  reference  to  this  matter. 


Yours  respectfully, 


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^  -v  v. 

The  Acousticon  Sound  Regulator' 


The  “SOUND  REGULATOR”  of  the 
Acousticon  is  just  whnt  its  name  im¬ 
plies.  It  regulates  the  sound  to  suit 
the  varying  conditions  under  which 
you  wish  to  hear.  How  often  does  a 
speaker  use  a  tone  so  low  that  even 
those  with  normal  hearing  cannot 
catch  all  he  says,  or  again  raise  his 
voice  to  the  extent  that  what  he  says 
comes  to  you  blurred  and  devoid  of 
articulation? 

With  the  one  you  increase  the  sound, 
while  with  the  other  you  reduce  it  un¬ 
til  it  comes  to  you  clear  and  natural. 

In  these  respects  the  Acousticon  users 
have  an  advantage  over  those  with  nor¬ 
mal  hearing. 

The  “SOUND  REGULATOR"  not 
only  does  this,  but  it  enables  us  to  nt 
you  instantly  with  any  type  of  Aeons- 


If  your  deafness  is  more  noticeable  to¬ 
day  than  yesterday,  you  increase  the 
power;  if  to-morrow  your  hearing  is 
improved,  turn  back  the  “SOUND 
REGULATOR.”  If  a  friend  raises  the 
voice  in  speaking,  you  need  not  cau¬ 
tion  him  that  you  are  using  an  Acnus- 
ticon--  resort  to  your  “SOUND  REG¬ 
ULATOR.” 

You  go  to  church  or  theatre  and  find 
your  seat  is  farther  removed  than  us¬ 
ual-  increase  the  power  with  the  “REG¬ 
ULATOR."  You  arc  nervous  and  the 
sound  gathered  by  an  instrument  an¬ 
noys  you—  place  the  “SOUND  REG¬ 
ULATOR”  at  soft,  you  will  hear  noth¬ 
ing  but  the  voice. 

These  are  onlv  a  few  of  the  reasons 
why  the “S 0 1 :  X  1)  R  E G U  L  AT 0  R 
ACOUSTICON”  should  appeal  to  you. 


General  Acoustic  Company 


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Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Edison,  T.  A.  (E-13-27) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  concerning 
Edison's  life  story,  his  response  to  erroneous  newspaper  reports  about  him, 
his  opinions  on  a  variety  of  subjects,  and  numerous  other  matters.  Letters 
from  Edison's  friends,  business  associates,  and  former  acquaintances  contain 
reminiscences  of  the  inventor’s  childhood  and  family,  his  work  at  Menlo  Park, 
and  other  elements  of  his  career.  Also  included  are  appeals  in  regard  to 
clubs,  societies,  and  special  events,  along  with  unsolicited  inquiries  seeking 
advice  or  funds  from  Edison.  Among  the  correspondents  for  1913  are 
Edison’s  son,  Charles;  former  associate  William  S.  Andrews,  consulting 
engineer  for  the  General  Electric  Co.;  and  industrialist  Henry  E.  Fries  of 
Winston-Salem,  North  Carolina. 

Less  than  10  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
following  categories  of  documents  have  not  been  selected:  unsolicited 
requests  for  donations,  employment  opportunities,  and  interviews;  routine 
requests  for  biographical  and  other  information,  including  Edison's  advice  and 
opinion. 


January  5th,  IUI3. 

Al  tinur,  '.-c  0  J .  , 
fifth  Ave., 

Hew  York. 

tleraen: 

Replying  to  ycur  letter  of  .rimunry  3rd,  rc;;ard- 
the  camel’ a  hair  imcUa,  he,;  to  advise  you  that  1 
lc  like  these  socks  next  fall  an  vrri '§igji^puth  in  ii’ebuary. 

Yours  very  truly. 


BUFFALO  AND  NIAGARA  FALLS 
ELECTRIC  LIGHT  AND  POWER  COMPANY 


Ilenlo  Park, 

Orange,  N.J. 


Hr.  Charles  R.  Huntley  reached  his  twenty-fifth 
year  in  t^e  electrical  husiness  on  January  1,  1915,  and  we  propose 
to  celebrate  the  event  by  giving  a  dinner  in  his  honor  at  the  Buffalo 
Olub,  Buffalo,  on  Wednesday  Evening,  January  15,  at  -which  time  we 
will  present  him  with  a  loving  cup;  the  dinner  is  to  be  an  informal 
affair  and  confined  to  the  Directors  associated  with  him  in  the 
electrical  companies  on  the  Hiagara  Frontier;  it  occurred  to  me  that 
some  of  his  good  friends,  like  yourself,  might  -wish  to  express  their 
felicitations  to  him  on  the  occasion,  and  if  so,  any  communication, 
which  you  may  address  to  Hr.  Huntley  at  the  3uffalo  Club  on  that 
evening  will  be  delivered  to  him  during  the  dinner. 


Compliments  or  the  Season,  believe  me, 


ELECTRIC  RAILWAY- POWER  &  LIGHT. 


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Ur.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  II. J. 

Dear  Sir:- 

I  reoall  with  pleasure  your  visit' 
you  were  here,  you  referred  to  the  fact  that  in  the  early  etogei 
Railway  Company,  you  had  an  Interest  in  the  same  with  UT,  ^  ^ 

I  an  endeavor  ins  to  gather  some  historio#'data  in  regerenoe  to  this 
and  other  Companies  and  while  I  hesitatrf'V*make  thf^f'l^uWt,  X  am  anxious  to 
get  aoourato  information  and  would  greatly  appreo lzfte  any  and  information 
vdiloh  you  oan  give  me  Concerning  the  Winston-Salem  Company.  *~o per  Companies 
whloh  were  in  process  of  oonstruotion  between  1087  and  1891. 

Tha tilting  you  in  advance  for  a  reply,  I  remain. 

Yours  respectfully. 


THOMAS  O.  BAKER.  P 


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This, is  an  Associated  Press s item  in  the  Washington 
Star’ of  Pri day, Hared  7  (yesterday). 

Billy  Crist  whoa  it  states  lost  his  life  worked  for 
“FIRST”  MOTORMAN  DEAD.  ny  father  at  one  tine .  ' 

- -  I  stated  to  numerous  people  throughout  the  country- 

iUiam  Crist,  Taught  to  Operate  by;  particulariy  in  the  Telegraph  prof eSSiOll-tllat  the 
Edison,  Killed  in  Collision.  first-  electric  light  that  you  had  anything  to  do  with 
ilfBURoi  tim'W.t'motormon''to  C-  was  made  within  30  feet  of  our  hone  in  3 unbury;  in  fact 
itc  im'ciocirie  car,  wuh  kined  hero  ycB.  your  a.ynaK0  and  little  shop  WaS  .  on  our  pr oporty , b ct - 
"o'*  lit 'of1  ponoHyKtliiia'ennrooii^rei^iit'  ween  our  houseVLarge  lot  we  used  for  our  garden,  corner 

nT'oil  °tl>c  "Sunbury  und  Norlliumlmr-  4-fcft  RaCO  Streets. 

„a  trolley  lino;  That  Prank  S.  Harr,  a  practicing' attorney  of  Sunbury 

a^oino  rone  .  '  .  at  that  time  later  went  with  you. 

crist  hemed |  t“.jyi“  t'JS’wVrun'al  That  my  youngest  brother!  Joe)  about  G  years  old  then, 
used  to  play  around  your  plant, inside  ..nd  out, and 
Sit  '"“sJfwr"  twenty-eifii.t  yenr.  "ra0nkey ed" with  the  machinery  one  day  when  you  had  your 
B°-  . _ . _  back  turned, and  got  a  shock  that  he  never  forgot. 

■  .  BO  YOU  RPCilL  THESE  CIRCUHSTAUCES?  '  - 

X  was  employed  in  the  office  of  E.B.Westfall,  Supt  of  .the  Sunbury  Division 
p.R.E.  at  that  time,  and  learned  the  telegraph  profession, after  Hr  Westfall 
had  a  wire  run  from  the  depot  to  our  house  for  me  to  practice  on. 

Hr  Westfall  was  a  protege  of  Hr  Prank  Thomson,.. fterwards  president  of  the 
P.R.R.  He  was  also  inventor  of  the  "iVestfs.il  Signal  Box", the  little  pigeon 
shaped  box  that  hung  for  years  in  front  of  Railroad  stations, and  now  on  the 

ny°fathor  Pwa3  the  real  inventor  of  the  "Refrigerator."  car  so  largely  used 
now  in  the'  transportation  of  produce.  He  ran  cars  from  Pailadelphia  to 
Williamsport  and  Bock-Haven,  via  Harrisburg, Dauphin, Shamokin, Sunbury, and  had 
a  conductor  on  each  car  with  a  stove  And  sleeping  apartment  in  the  end.  • 
Two  of  his  former  conductors  became  passonger  engineers  on  the  P^R.R.  in  after 

I^went  to  tho  W.U.  at  195  Broadway  and  while  working  in  Willis  Jones'  div¬ 
ision  days,  and  Prank  Giles'  night  (  oil  tho  "split"  trick  )  when  they  ins  call¬ 
ed  tho  dynamo  system  of  batteries,  I  wa3  working  on  1st  S'tlouis  Duplex  one 
night, when  "Big  Hike"  was  mopping  up  the  floor— which  was  wood-  and  while 
trying  to  turn  down  the  transmitter, with  my  foet  on  the  wet  floor,  got  such 
a  shock  tliat  I  nover  cared  to  undertake  tho  study  of  oleotrioij!y;but  I  J^ve 
done  considerable  telegraphing  throughout  tho  country, at  Rational  and  Suate 
conventions,  and  for  tho  various  Press  Associations. 

When  I  am  over  your  way  some  time  I  would  like  to  run  over  and  soe  your 
establishment  at  Henlo  Park. 

Kindly  advise  mo  if  I  am  not  absolutely. correct  with  reference  to  this  first 
part  about  Sunbury (.  although  I  think  the  news  item  is  a  little  wrong  at  the 
end  as  to  the  years)  and  whether  v  I  could- see  your  plant  some  time  when  I 
-  am  over  that  way. 


MR.THOS. A. ED  ISON., 
DEAR  SIR:- 


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PARDON  ME  FOR  TAKING  UP  FEW  MINUTES  OF  YOUR  TIME.  I  AM  THE  SON^OF 
GILLY  OLMSTEAD  WHO  SIGNED  "OX"  AT  195  BROADWAY  FOR  33  YEARS/FROM 
145  BROADWAY  NY, WORKED  WITH  JOHN  BRANDT, FRED  CATUN, WALTER  PHILLIPS 
SENATOR  IVES  ALSO  TOM  BRENNAN. YOU  GAVE  HIM  MESSAGE  YOU  WROTE  WHICH 
WAS  COPPER  PLATE  IN  REMEMBERANCE  OF  YOU  WHEN  YOU  WERE  LEAVING  195 
WHICH  MY  FATHER • USED  TO  TELL  ME  ABOUT  WHICH  HE  HELD  DEAR.  NOW  IF  IT 
WONT  BE  ASKING  TO  MUCH  OF  YOU  I  WISH  YOU  WOULD  HAVE  ME  REINSTATED 
■ON  THE  SPLIT  TRICK  IN(l95)  THROUGH  MR.THEO  N  VAIL  PREST- OF  W.U. 

I  HAVE  NOT  BEEN  WORKING  FOR  6  WEEKS.  NOW, CAUSE  LAYING  OFf|oNE  DAY 


I  HAVE  WIDOWED  MOTHER  AND  WIFE  AND  CHILD  TO  LOOKOUT  FOR, HOPING 
YOU  WILL-  DO  THIS  FOR  MY  FATHERS  SAKE  I  REMAIN  HIS  SON.^  ^RESPTLY^IP^ 


March  15,  1913. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  H.J. 

My  Dear  Sir: - 

Mr.  John  A.  Watt  has  employed  mo  to  write  to  you 
and  say  that  he  is  surprised  that  he  has  not  received  any  or- 
ply  to  his  letter  to  you  dated  March  3,  1913,  and  ho  desires 
me  to  sask  you  by  this  communication  if  you  propose  to  take 
up  with  himjthe  matters  that  exist  between  you,  and  if  so  will 
you  kindly  communicate  with  him  at  once  and  greatly  oblige. 

You  may  send  letter  to  him  in  my  care. 

Very  respectfully, 

^  qiamsCi  . 


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General  Offices.  39  Boylston  Street. 

Boston, Mass. 

Boston,  June  23d,  1913. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Orange,  N.  J. 


!.!y  dear 'Hr.  Edison, 

I  want  to  thank  you  for  your  thought¬ 
fulness  and  courtesy  in  sending  the  telegram  regarding 
Field  Day.  It  was  presented  on  the  grounds  and  read  with 
great  interest  hy  very  nearly  everyone  that  reported  for 


Field  Bay. 


Officially  we  had  4,500  present. 

I  am  enclosing  the  preliminary  newspaper 
account  and  shall  he  more  than  pleased  to  send  you  copies 
of  our  Edison  Life,  as  soon  as  it  is  off  the  press. 

It  gives  me  very  great  pleasure  to  con¬ 
gratulate  Charles  whom  I  had  given  charge  of  taking  the 
moving  pictures.  I  expect  the  results  to- he  highly  satis¬ 
factory  and  due  more  than  anything  else  to  his  hustle  and 
diligence  throughout  the  day. 

V/ith  kind  regards,  I  am 

Vejy  truly  yours, 


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Mr.  Thomas  A/.  Edison, 
Llewellyn.,  Park,  N.  J. 


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I  reoelved  your  letter  of  recent  date  and  thio  ^ 


I  received  your  levuer  oj.  r  ' 

is  the  first  opportunity  I  have  had  in  which  to  reply  to  01 
same  and  will  have  to  take  you  hack  into  the  great  store¬ 
house  of  memory  so  that  you  may  locate  me  onoe  more  in 


the  region  of  mind. . 

It  will  have  to  he  in  the  early  days  of  your 
electric  light  experiences  before  you  developed  that 
great  under  talcing  whioh  has  become  the  greatest  utility 
which  has  entered  the  business  life. 

The  region  to  whioh  I  will  take  you  is  Menlo 
Park  and  my  introducer  was  the  Carman  family  -  George 
Carman  at  the  time,  was  working  with  you”  Charlie 
Carman  and  James  also  Henry. and  the  father  of the  Carman 
boys  all  lived  up  there  and  through  them  I  was  intro¬ 
duced  to  you. 

I  was  not  spoken  of  mush  as  Vanderbilt,  but  was 
called  "Van"  by  everyone  -  for  short.  I  told  you  of 
a  vision  or  a  dream  that  I  had  of  visiting  youmplaoe 
and  of  your  showing  me  a  room  bordered  off  with  rough 
bdards  and  then  of  opening  the  door  and  on  the  oeiling 


a  row  of  eleotric  lights  strung  on  two  wires  and  when  you 
pushed  tho  button,  they  illuminated.  . 

On  the  next  viBit  to  Menlo  Parle,  which  wan  on  a 
Sunday,  you  showed  me  in  reality  what  I  had  seen  in  my  tr 
dream.  I  also  had  the  pleasure  aft*  you .tod  the  «l®otrio 
lirht  in  a  commercial  stage,  of  bringing  Mr.  Benson,  the 
President  of.  the  Brooklyn  Gaslight  Company  and  his  Board 
of  Directors,  to  Menlo  Park  where  you  showed  them  the  el¬ 
ectric  light  in  a  commercial  condition. 

Also  had  the  pleasure  of  riding  with  you  in  a 
roughly  constructed  oar  over  your  electric  road,  which 
was  upland  down  hill,  as  it  was  laid  on  the  Burfaoe  of 
the  ground  at  Menlo  Park. 

I  also  had  the  pleasure  of  talking  into  the  first 
phonograph  which  you  made  and  of  hearing  my  voice  come 
back  in  a  crude  form,  which  today  has  developed  so  as  to 
astonish  the  people  and  puzzled  them,  yet  to  understand 
the  mystery  of  that  great  instrument  in  thedifferonttcnos 
of  vibration  which  produce  music  and  speech  -a  problem  which 
is  unsolved,  ns  much  as  the  force  that  is  called  "eleotricity  . 

It  is  true  that  since  that  great  unknown  power  has 
gradually  been  utilized  for  the  benefit  of  men,  and  has 
stimulated  the  unfoldment  of  man  in  his  higher  nature,  more 
away  from  the  material  and  toward  the  ethereal  and  that  pro¬ 
gress  haB.  only  entered  upon  the  road  of  tho  unfoldment  of 
the  true  man. 

■after  you  left  MBnlo  Park,  I  was  lost  to  you  and  only 
occasionally  met  you  in  New  York,  merely  to  pass  the  time 
of  day.  The  stock  holding  to  which  I  refer,  occurred  in 
those  early  days...  No  one  tejoioeB  more  than  I  do  my  self 
at  the  great  progress  which  you  have  made  in  unfolding  the 
myBterJres  of  life  for  the  benefit  of  mankind,  anii  hepe  that 
vmi  will  live  many  years  to  carry  on  the  work  which  has  been 
set  before  you  £nd  the  magnitude  of  the  work  you  have  done 
can  onlv  be  realized  by  taking  a  trip  to  Menlo  Park,  the 
startling  point  of  the  wonderful  progress  which  you  havemade. 


Very  truly  yours, 


prerogatives  are  encroached  upon. 

As  to  the  Penna.  Hoad:  Some  other 
roads  are  a  hit  sensitive  about  hearing  it  quoted 
as  the  ''best  ever,"  and  in  some  instances  that 
I  have  heard  of  P.H.P..  experiments  and  conclu- 


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siona  'nave  had  but  little  or  no  weight  when  used 
as  a  criterion,  while  at  the  same  tame  the  -  •?-•!?• 
is  noted  for  its  utter  disregard  of  tho  opinions 
and  adaptations  of  other  companies.  I'll  "fan 
the  embers"  every  little  while  and  the  flame  will 
come  if  our  people  become  dissatisfied  with  what 
they  have  done.  You  can  judge  of  the  probability 
better  than  I. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq. , 

Orange,  II.  J. 


Tiie  New  msniNGTOiv  IIotei 


Dear  Meadoworoft: 

I  am  writing  to.  Edison  a  short  note  today,  think¬ 
ing  it  will  please  him  to  know  that  the  public  are  extremely 
pleased  with  the  Edison  films. 


I  was  reminded  by  a  letter  from  Ur.  Mortimer  Eleish- 


hacker,  stating  that  his  brother  Herbert  would  sail  from  London 
on  the  21st  of  July.  He  should  therefore  reach  Hew  York  thiB 
coming  Saturday.  You  probably  will  got  this  letter  on  Monday. 

X  would  suggest,  in  view  of  your  assurance  to  me  that 
Mr.  Edison  would  like  to  meet  him,  that  you  get  in  touch  with 
him,  either  at  the  St.  Regis  Hotel  or  lazard  Preres'  office,  I 
think  on  Wall  St.  *HP-^read-St . 

I  wrote  Billie  B.  a  personal  letter  yesterday.  He 
seems  to  have  had  some  information  that  I  have  gone  out  of  my 
way  to  knock  him.  Eor  your  personal  information,  I  want  to  say 
that  that  is  wholly  untrue.  You  may  recall  when  I  spoke  about 
my  differences  with  Billie  on  the  phone,  that  you  warned  me 
that  if  it  came  to  Mr.  Bachmann's  ears,  it  might  hurt  Billie. 


The  JiiEwWisiiLVGTON  Hotel 


SMAinriJi3,TIT.S.A. . 


It  was  really  on  this  account  that  I  refrained  from  seeing 
Baohmann  before  leaving  Hew  York,  although  I  wanted  to  do  so, 
Billie  being  abBent  at  the  Chicago  Convention. 

I  shall  from  time  to  time  send  Edison  any  memoranda 
or  data,  which  t  see  in  the  press  which  I  think  will  interest 
him.  It  will,  of  course,  go  through  your  hands  and  I  want 
to  assure  you  that  I  do  not  want  to  burden  him  with  anything 
I  write  or  Bend  him.  It  is  done  with  the  best  intentions 
and  with  the  highest  regard  for  his  interests. 

I  would  like  to  have  Edison  meet  Fleishhacker, 


because  the  latter  iB  a  big  man  on  the  Coast,  and  is  develop¬ 
ing  wonderful  water  power.  I  shall  regard  it  as  a  personal 
favor,  however,  if  you  will  do  all  you  can  to  make  Mr.  Fleish- 
hacker's  visit  to  the  labratory  interesting.  I  would  suggest 
that  when  you  leave  word  for  him  at  the  Hotel  that  you  permit 
him  to  invite  some  friend  to  go  out  with  him.  pielshhackers 
are  really  the  representatives  of  the  big  French  Banking  House 
hazard  Freres,  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

With  beBt  regards  to  you  personally,  I  am 


Very  truly  yours^ 


KNEES,  DIMENSION  OAK.  RIVED  SHINGLES  AND  MAPLE  FLOORING 


Hr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Llewlyn  Park,  If.  J. 


Dear  Mr.  Edioon:- 


The  coming  universal  power  for  all  commercial 
use,  is  electricity. 

The  economics  in  producing  it,  is  water  power. 
The  utility  for  its  UBe,  is  having  supply  stations  all  over  the 
country  and  nickel- in-the-slot  machines  to  give  the  required 
supply  to  all  motors  when  wanted. 

in  that  way,  the  storage  battery  will  become 
universal,  superceeding  the  gasolene  motor. 

The  current  for  all  trolleys  and  railroad  lines 
could  thus  be  supplied,  as  well  as  all  factories,  together  with 
house  and  street  lighting. 


The  result,  the  inventor's  mindo  of  the  world 
would  be  concentrated  upon  an  improved  storage  battery  which  will 
be  lighter  than  the  ones  in  use  today  and  give  a  greater  utility, 
the  same  as  the  old  carbon  film  has  been  superceeded  by the 
Tungsten,  which  I  understand  is  superceeded  oy  a  new  lamp  giving  the 
name  utilitv  as  the  Tungsten,  but  with  one  half  of  the  power. 

The  same  channel  of  thought  that  b r ought’: out  the  utility  and  economy 
in  the  lamp  will  also  develope  the  same  in  the  storgae  bather#. 

As  you  stand  at  the  head  of  the  eleotrical  world, 
you  should  lead  in  this  great  work  of  development  so  that  its  use 
will  become  universal. 


Very  truly  yours, 

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dipping  from  the  Eleotrioal  World  exaou^  or 
lines  ;ir.  Edison’s  original  ideas  in  connection 
with  electric  lighting.  If  he  has  not 

■  f -'^already  seen  it,  you  might  show  it  to  him. 

I  heard  that  ilr.  Berggren  had 
been  sick  and  hope  that  he  is,  nov;  quite  well 
again,  also  that  you  are  enjoying  your  usual 
good  health. 

Very  truly  yows^/ 

WSA/LH  Consulting  Engineering  Dept. 


GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


In  Reply  Refer  to' 


SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 


September  8th,  19X3. 


Mr.  William  II.  Meadewereft , 

Edison  Laboratory, 

Orange,  II.  J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Mead o. croft: 

Yours  of  the  6th  inst.  has 
just  come  to  hand.  As  I  am  about  to  leave  for 
Cooperstown  to  attend  the  Convention  of  Edison  Illum¬ 
inating  Companies,  I  regret  therefore,  that  I  cannot 
take  up  the  matter  of  luminous  paint  with  you  until 
I  return,  which  will  probably  be  the  latter  part  of 
this  week.  I  will  then  write  you  full  particulars 
and  send  you  some  samples. 

I  am  glad  to  hoar  that 

Mr.  Edison  is  not  seriously  siok,  also  that  Mr.  Berggren 
is  getting  better  -  hope  you  will  be  able  to  take  a 
vacation  yourself  soon  and  should  be  delighted  if  you 
could  arrange  to  visit  Schenectady. 


Consulting  Engineering  Dept. 


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Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison,  " 

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Dear  Sir; — Perhaps  yw  may  recall  the  factjthat  about 
two  years  ago  we  had  a  little  correspondence  on  the  Subject  of 
immortality,  1  having  thought  it  might  interest  you  to  know 
what  1  had  written  to  c ertain  .persons  m  commendation  of  your 
view  of  that  matter.  J&JL ^  1  d  f*  Jd  cL±(/ 

Of  course  you  do'  not  krjow  that-fc have >  glwayg; J^en-a.  % 

warm  interest  in  yourself,  havinr^sbrWrVU  literature 
concerning  yourself,  your  wonderful  inventions  and  your  views 
on  various  questions,  among  the  latter  being  remarks  uotT made 
during  your  European  tour  when  it  appears  that  you  wfo 

-y  -  •  ----T  on  the  staff  Of  the  Nev;  YorOVorld, 


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1  am  interested  in  you  for  another  reason,  namely, 
that  I  am  also  one  of  the  old-time  telegraphers-  One  of  the 
first  wires  strung  after  that  between  Baltimore  and  Washington, 
in  1844,  was  run  between  Toronto,  Buffalo  and  Lockport,  «-  Y. 

My  father  'was  the  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Niagara  Courier, 
published  in  Lockport.  The  line  1  speak  of  was  called  the 
nKissock  Line,"  nrobably  from  the  fact  that  a  Canadian  of  that 
name  was  its  builder  and  owner.  .  The^Lockport  office  was 
charge  of  Charles  Walker,  and  as  my  oldest  brother,  Charles  £•• 
Crandall,  was  employed  in  father's  office  he  quite  naturally 
formed  the  acquaintance  of  Charles  Walker,  picked’  up  the 
telegraph  business,  and  when  a  little  later  Mr.  Walker  was 
transferred  to  another  place  my  brother  was  given  charge  of  the 
office.  This  was  late  in  the  "forties."  When  the  New  York, 
Albany  &  Buffalo  line  was  built  my  brother  was  employed  to 
conduct  the  Lockport  office,  and  when  later  the  Bam  or  0  Reilly, 
company  built  a  line  my  brother  mi  as  also  put  in  charge  of  it, 
as  he  also  was  of  the  House  Printing  Telegraph  Company  s  oil ice- 
Early  in  the  "fifties"  1  also  picked  up  the  business  and  in  18 
was  given  charge  of  the  Ogdensburg  office,  which  1  left fc  go 
yes/ in  the  service  of  the  Illinois  and  Mississippi  Comp  Y» 
line.  1"  U'"°n’ 


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T . A. Edison-#2 — Sept . 28/13. 


I  remained  with  that  company  for  eight  years  and  then 
returned  to  the  newspaper  business,  in  which  I  remained  for 
seven  years  and  in  1378  came  here  to  locate  on  the  shore  of  this 
beautiful  bay,  since  which  time  I  have  been  "living  the  simple 
life"  in  order  to  hold  and  to  express  my  opinions  without  fear 
of  losing  my  job  or  offending  a  customer.  I  have  thus  lived 
entirely  alone  for  thirty-five  years,  my  former  wife  being  dead 
and  my  "children  setting  up  separate  establishments.  On  the  17th 
instant  I  rounded  out  my  seventy-ninth  year,  and  like  Chauncey 
M.  Depew  proclaim  that  I  am  "seventy-nine  years  young"  because 
I  feel  no  older  than  when  I  was  a  boy  in  Lockport.  I  will 
incidentally  mention  the  fact  that  my  older  brother  Charles  was 
one  of  the  first  if  not  the  very  first  operator  in  the  world 
who  read  by  sound.  This  was  early  in  the  "fifties"  when  even 
the  operator  in  Rochester  had  to  employ  a  register.  I  did  not 
learn  to  read  by  sound  until  1836,  but  when  I  did  learn  there 
was  no  operator  who  could  write  too  fast  for  me-  The 
Ogdensburg  office  was  on  a  leased  wire  that  connected  with  the 
main  line  at  Syracuse,  in  which  latter  office  was  Bill  Hall, 
probably  the  fastest  writer  in  the  world — at  least  X  have  never 
heard  his  equal  anywhere,  but  I  had  no  difficulty  in  "taking" 
him,  and  when  1  was  on  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  line  I  was  declared  br 
the  chief  operator  in  Chicago  to  be  the  best  receiver  on  that 
circuit.  I  have  read  of  your  great  achievements  in  this  field 
and  suspect  that  we  were  not  far  apart  in  that  respoct,  however 
widely  we  differ  in  other  directions- 

On  Thursday  eve-ing  I  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  for 
the  first  time  your  wonderful  Kinetophone,  of  which  I  had  read 
so  much  without  realizing  what  a  triumph  of  your  geniu3  it  really 
is.  This  world  already  owed  much  to  you,  ty.ut  in  my  opinion  this 
contribution  to  it3  enjoyments  excels  all  else  that  you  have  done, 
and  1  heartily  thank  you  for  my  part  in  it. 

Some  time  ago  I  was  induced  to  purchase  a  phonograph 
similar  to  yours  but  made  by  a  Cleveland  company.  I  have  many 
of  your  Blue  Amherol  records  and  am  adding  more  as  rapidly  as 
I  can.  The  box  I  have  is  unsatisfactory  in  several  respects., 
its  motor  being  noisy  and  the  scrape  of  the  "needle"  being  too 
conspicuous.  I  propose  to  buy  one  of  your  boxes,  but  our  local 
dealer  asks  sixty  dollars  for  it.  This  seems  to  me  a  rather 
high  figure  in  view  of  the  fact  that  it  is  more  than  three  times 
what  I  paid  for  mine,  and  you  will  not  need  to  he  told  that  a 
retired  telegrapher  and  journalist  is  not  usually  overburdened 
with  wealth.  It  has  occurred  to  me  that  if  I  should  buy  direct 
from  the  factory  I  might  get  better  terms,  and  if  you  can  give 
me  some  assistance  in  this  matter  you  will  confer  a  favor* 


I  have  another  matter  to  discuss  with  you  but  will 
defer  it  until  another  date. 

Yours,  admiringly, 

<3.  ^^<k^vs^.qaJLSI/. 


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The  Hotchkiss  School 
Lakeville,  conn. 


has  applied  for  admission  to  this  school.  If  you 
can  do  so,  will  you  be  kind  enough  to  tell  me 
whether  you  think  he  would  make  a  desirable 
pupil  and  a  goodjissociate  for  Hotchkiss  boys. 
I  should  "like  to  have  full  and  frank  information 
about  his  home  influences,  his  character,  his 
health,  his  standing  among  the  boys  of  the  city, 
and  his  school  record,  if  you  are  acquainted  with 
it.  Your  answer  will  be  considered  strictly  confi¬ 
dential  if  you  so  desire. 

The  blank  pages  of  this  sheet  may  be  used  for 
your  reply. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

H.  G.  BUEHLER, 


Headmaster 


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HILVERL4KB.N.J.  April  22,  1913 


Ur.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

o/o  Edison  laboratory. 
Orange ,  IT .  J . 


Dear  Mr.  Edison-. 


All  these  tubes  swelled  and  split  open. 

From  the  tabulation,  do  you:  not  think  the  cause  of  fail¬ 
ure  of  the  tubes,  is  due  more  to  the  filtering  medium  than  to  the 
proportion  of  solutions  and  cold  precipitations? 

On  a  blue -print  showing  the  lay-6ut  of  the  ITiokel 
Hydrate  plant,  as  planned  by  Mr.  Kommerhoff,  X  notice  your  notation 
to  the  effect  that  "As  the  Hydrate  dries  it  should  approach  the 
fire  -  Important".  Our  present  method  1b  to  dry  the  Hydrate  as 
fast  as  possible,  while  there  is  present  considerable  water  but 
when  nearly  dry,  to  dry  slowly  and  with  a  great  deal  of  care. 

As  stated  in  my  report  of  February  12th,  an  experiment 
has  been  carried  on  at  the  Battery  WorkB  in  order  to  determine 
if  a  muoh  smaller  amount  of  Iron  Mix  per  pooket  oould  not  be  used. 

A  lot  of  pockets  were  made  up  with  6.8  grms.  of  iron 
in  place  of  the  regular  8.2  grms.  Difficulty  was  experienced 
in  crimping  and  corrugating  these  plates  in  the  regular  dies,  but 
finally  three  cells  were  assembled  and  put  on  test. 

They  were  formed  in  the  regular  way  and  then  sent  to 
Mr.  Smith  or  the  Researoh  Department.  The  results  up  to  date 


(2) 


T.  A.  E. 

are  as  follows  - 

Cell  ITo.  A-7287  A-7288  A-7427 


—  Formed  in  regular  way  — 

1st  Run  190  105  180 

2nd  "  165  Short  Circuited  170 


—  Sent  to  Researoh  Department  — 


A -4  Cells,  made  with  pockets  loaded  with  6.8  grins .  of  Iron  Mix. 
163.5-175.5  to  1/2  V 


1  12  hrs.  at  30 

2  "  "30 

3  "  "30 

4  7  hrs.  "30 

5  "  "30 

6  "  "30 

7  "  "30 


163  .5-175  .5  to  n 

166.2-177  to  " 

144.5 

143.0 

143.6- 

145.0-153.5  to  1/2  V 


166  .5-180  to  1/2  V 

166.5-180  to  1/2  V 

173.7-187 .5to  1/2  V 

157.2 

164.0 

163.5 

163. 0-177. 5to  1/2  V 


Although  the  above  tabulation  shows  that  one  cell  is 
entirely  down,  and  another  is  below  standard,  the  third  is  fairly 
good.  Cell  *7288  was  examined  and  it  was  found  that  the  ohps  had 
become  loosened  from  the  grid  and  had  opened  along  the  side, 
causing  short  circuit.  This  was  due  to  the  mechanical  difficulty 
in  crimping  the  thin  pockets  . 

The  second  oell  #7287,  which  is  below  standard,  may  be 
similarly  defective. 

The  mix  used  in  these  cells,  #2448,  gave  in  the  regular 
tests,  the  following  - 

5  grm.  pooket  1655  &  1720  M.  A.  Hrs.  8th  Run 

#  8  "  "  1833,  2093,  1853,  2133,  1713,  2000,  8th  Run 

B  plate  27.49  Amp.  Hrs.  3rd  Run 

A  cells  170-180  "  " 

#  These  eloctrical  results  are  of  six  pockets,  ono  from 
eaoh  machine,  in  the  regular  loading  department. 

Yours  very  truly, 


!HE|SICAB  WORKS. 

_ 


JVM/0 


UT.  Saltzman: 

The  health  officer  of  Bloomfield,  N.  J.  has  called  upon 
me  and  complained  about  the  polution  of  the  waters 
the  creek  in  the  rear  of  the  Silver  Lake  plant,  claiming  that  the 
matter  that  ahould  he  retained  in  our  filter  bode  is  being  washed 
into  the  watere  of  the  creek  and  contaminates  them  to  such  an  extent 
that  the  odor  is  obn.ffltious  to  residents  of  Bloomf ^ e^ter 
that  it  is  affecting  dogs  and  other  anitels  that  drink  the  water 
from  the  creek. 

7/ill  vou  kindly  make  an  examination  of  the  condition  of  the 
filter  becC^ngV  Hiller  of  the  Chemical  Works  if  necessary, 
and  render  a  report  to  me  at  the  earliest  possible  moment  cover¬ 
ing  the  subjeot  in  detail? 


HTL.BB 


H.  T.  Learning 


Sept.  16,  1913 


With  reference  to  the  Chloro  Phenol  situation; 

\7e  received  yesterday  morning  62  XbB.  of  the  crude  material. 

We  called  up  Mr.  Brown  of  the  CondehBite  Co.  on  the  telephone  yester¬ 
day  regarding  future  deliveries  of  thiB  material  and  llr.  Brown  stated 
that  we  ought  to  receive  a  shipment  today  of  the  refined,  hut  he  was 
not  positive  that  the  shipment  would  come  in.  He  telegraphed  his 
Works  Saturday  to  make  daily  shipments  regardless  of  quantity  until 
svich  time  as  we  were  able  to  build  up  a  stock.  He  has  also  had  his 
factory  stop  work  on  making  Halowax  to  assist  in  doubling  up  on  the 
Chloro  Phenol. 

He  states  that  they  have  been  having  considerable  trouble  at 
their  factory  due  to  several  breakdowns  and  also  on  account  of  the 
poisonous  nature  of  the  material.  Last  week  the  factory  was  closed 
dov/n  to  make  the  alterations  in  the  equipment  to  enable  them  to 


handle  nothing  but  thiB  Chloro  Phenol  for  us. 

I  had  Mr.  Brown  on  the  telephone  again  this  morning  and  he  states 
that  he  has  not  had  any  reply  to  his  telegram,  but  will  advise  me 
just  as  soon  as  he  hears. 


HTL.BB  .  I)-' 

Copy  to  Mr.  Wilson 


Mr.  Mendoworoft: 


Supplementing  njr  Memo,  of  this  morning  in  reference  to  the 
Ohloro  Phenol  situation,  I  beg  to  adviee  that  I  went  down  to  the 
office  of  Kirk  Brown  of  the  Condenslte  Co.  of  America  with  Mr. 
Aylesworth  this  noon  for  the  purpose  of  getting  the  Wyandotte , 
Michigan  plant  on  the  telephone  to  ascertain  the  exact  condition. 
While  we  were  waiting  for  the  telephone  connections,  a  telegram 
came  in  from  the  man  in  charge  at  Wyandotte,  stating  that  16  lbs. 
of  refined  were  expressed  yesterday,  the  15th  inBt.;  15  lbs. 
more  of  refined  would  be  expressed  today,  together  with  100  lbs. 
of  crude  and  that  there  was  a  further  stock  on  hand  out  there 
of  500  lbs.  of  crude. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  at  Wyandotte,  100  lbs.  of  crude  will 
only  provide  30  lbs.  of  refined  as  against  the  fact  that  100  lbs, 
of  crude  here  at  Orange,  when  washed,  will  provide  70  lbs.  of 
material  equivalent  to  the  refined,  I  instructed  Kirk  Brown  to  get 
off  a  telegram  immediately  to  ship  100  lbs.  of  crude  material  per 
day  until  further  advised,  my  idea  being  that  we  should  immediately 
build  up  a  stock  of  crude  material  here  at  Orange  to  provide  against 
just  such  conditions  as  exist  at  present.  To  enable  the  Wyandotte 
plant  to  ship  100  lbs.  of  crude  material  per  day  until  further  ad¬ 
viced,  I  told  Mr.  Brown  to  stop  the  further  refining  out  there. 

Mr.  Aylesworth  advised  me  that wLththe  use  of  the  filter  press 
here  at  Orange,  which  has  been  provided,  the  results  from  the  crude 
Chloro  Phenol  are  satisfactory. 

Very  early  consideration  should  be  given  to  the  question  of 
whether  or  not  Wyandotte  should  continue  to  ship  us  only  the  crude 
material  or  whether,  after  having  made  a  few  shipments  of  crude, 
they  should  go  bRck  to  the  refined.  You  of  course  appreciate  that 
once  the  plant  out  there  is  in  shape  they  can  turn  out  considerably 
more  Chloro  Phenol  (crude)  than  our  requirements  for  many  months  to 
qome  will  demand.  On  the  other  hand,  I  doubt  very  much  whether 
v/ith  the  present  equipment  that  they  have  at  Wyandotte  they  will 
be  able  to  supply  us  with  sufficient  refined  to  take  care  of  us, 
therefore,  if  the  crude  Phenol  is  easier  to  obtain  out  there  in 
larger  quantities  and  can  be  used  here  to  equal  advantage  with 
the  refined,  it  may  be  that  Mr.  Edison  will  decide  to  have  nothing 
but  the  crude  shipped  on.  In  either  event,  I  think  it  advisable 
to  give  the  Condensite  Co.  definite  information  as  to  the  quantities 
we  will  require  so  that  they  can  make  up  a  quantity  at  a  time  and 
then*  divert  their  plant  to  their  other  products,  awaiting  the  time 
when  they  should  turn  their  plant  over  again  for  our  material  un¬ 
til  another  maximum  run  has  been  obtained.  //V. 


HTL.BB 

Copy  to  Mr.  Wilson 


seming 


EDISON  CHEMICAL  WORKS 


Hr.  T.  A.  iSdison, 

Orange ,  K.  J • 

Dear  Hr.  Kdison;- 


Answering  your  note  in  regard  to  Ittokel  Hydrates  #4521-2-3, 
would  say  that  I  have  been  investigating  these  hatches  to  see  wherein 
there  was  any  irregularity.  These  hatches  were  held  at  Orange,  await¬ 
ing  our  O.X.  before  using. 

X  find  that  the  temperatures  of  the  driers  were  somewhat 
high  and  I  have  had  them  reduced  to  standard.  Since  then,  the  electri¬ 
cal  capacity  has  been  considerably  better,  but  there  has  been  little 
effect  in  the  loading.  However,  the  hydrates  coming  thru  now  are  well 
within  the  limits  as  to  loading  weights  and  capacity. 

We  have  been  unable  to  definitely  locate  the  trouble  with 
these  three  hydrates  as  yet.  The  control  tests  during  precipitation 
were  satisfactory.  I  am  continuing  the  investigation  and  will  advise 
you  later  as  to  my  findings.  Three  of  the  hydrates  just  completed  as 
to  electrical  tests  are  as  follows ;- 


4544-4-6 
12764  12765 

7 .610  7  .585 

1053  1043 

1220  1200 
1250  1233 


4547-8-9 
12766  12767 

7  .660  7  .600 

990  1017 

1100  1213 

1143  1233 

1170  1157 

1240  867 

1267  1333 


Yours  very  truly, 

.Edison  Chemical 


JVM/JOB 


EDISON  CHEMICAL  WORKS 


iV 

silver  lak4/n.  j.  October  13th  ,1913 


:  report  on  nickel  Hydrate  hatches  //4521-2-. 


as  possible,  and  find  that  the  Hiclcel  Sulphate  solution  was  O.E. 
and  also  tho  control  tests  of  the  precipitation  were^withiu  the 
limits  us  shown  by  the  accompanying  table ;- 

limits  4521  4532  4523 

Soda  Batch  Humber  1427  1427  /  1427 

Gms  I5aOH  per  litre  103-112  108.4  106  .a*'  108.8 

Hi  SO/  Batch  number  1532  1532  1532 

Hi  per  litre  56  57 .2  57 .2  57 

Iron  &  Copper  Contents  20  mg  P .1 .  Cu-none  Cu-none  Cu-none 
.00355  _ 

(as  10o2cT3  in  finished  hydrate} 
Alkali  in  Precpt .  Tank  12.5-14 .5  13.3  13.3  / 

5?  Solids  in  Agit .  "  11 .5-12  .5  12  .22  12  .78  /  11 .12  ' 

Gms  HaOH  P.L.  "  "  18  -  22  21.3  21 .6  20. 

Settling  Tank  |D  V?"  #3] 

Dates  in  driers  8/1-8/o/lw  0/l-3/o/lo  a/l-8/o/lo 

Temp,  by  Govt.  Report  70,77.80,73,71°,  all  batches. 

S3£  SST-  O/l/lO  0/9/13  0/9/10 


;  of  finished  Hydrate 

The  temperature  of  the  c 


3  was  high  at  this  time, 


is  the  cause  of  the  poor  quality .  We  have 
i  keeping  the  temperature  within  tho  limit . 
Yours  very  truly, 


JVU/JCR 


EDISON  CHEMICAL  WORKS 


Ilr.  Phoiaas  A.  Edison, 

Orange ,  !7 .  J . 


1213 


Boar 


Edison; - 


Re/llereuric  0:-:ide  . 


V/o  'nave  received  a  salable  oi  the  Mercuric  Oxide  as  laade 
by  Louis  Ott,  by  the  electrical  Method,  and  have  analysed  same  ana 
also  have  made  up  a  snail  mix  to  compare  it  with  our  regular  nix. 
The  results  so  far  obtained  are  as  follows ;  - 


-  ANALYSIS  - 


Bate  Material 
HgO  .  . 

Alkali 
ICHCO3  . 

Residue 
3CCH  .  • 

K|00s  . 

IIO3  ’.  ! 

SO4  .  . 

AI2O3)  .Included 
PegOs)  Rosidua 
Si  Og)  as  above 


>-5/17/11 


Hone 
.15  £ 
Hone 


( .9150^ 
( .4950 
( .3000 


Electrolysis  Pfizer  Co 
9/13/13  6/  30/ 13 

90.50  5?  .  .  .  97.095  fo 


Cao  ( .103  f? 
.  ( .020 
.  ( .051 


EVPEREIF.IITS  Ho  .  1751  and  1753 . 

Comparison  of  Iron  Mixes  made  with  E.C.W.'s 
==  HgO  and  Eleotrolytio  HgO .  == 

Two  small  Iron  Mixes  were  made  from  the  same  Iron  by 


Hydrogen,  using  Edison  Chemical  Works  HgO  in  one  (#1751)  and  HgO 
by  Electrolysis  in  the  other  (#1752)  . 


T  .A  .E .  Eage  2 , 


Oct .15/13 . 


Hinety-four  (94)  grams  of  Iron  Ly  Hydrogen  (Ld.Y/t.  21.0) 
were  taken  in  each  case,  and  mixed  with  6  grains  of  HgO  in  a  mortar 
for  3  minutes  hy  hand.  It  was  then  sifted  through  a  30-mesh  screen, 
and  the  coarse  ground,  until  all  passed  through  the  screen.  Each 
mix  was  then  thoroughly  mixed,  and  4  pockets  were  made  up  of  each, 


and  were  sent  to  Orange  for  comparison  tests . 


Exp  .ho  .  Cell  Ilo.  Load .  V/t . 

1751  14233  09-103-104 

"  14234  09-102-104 

"  14235  90-101-105 

"  14236  89-102-104 

1752  14237  89-102-103 

"  14238  Sg^-105 

"  14239  go-loi-103 

"  14240  90-101-103 


1. 

1800 

1800 

1800 

1800 

1620 

1635 

1620 

1680 


2_. _  Z. _ 

1575  1600 

1580  1615 

1575  1600 

1555  1585 

1400  1420 

1410  1440 

1400  1420 

1410  1440 


4.  5. 

987  1075 

987  1037 

950  937 

962  1037 

950  , 950 

1000  1037 

950  975 

962  1025 


6.  7 ■  S. 

1100  1835  1655 

1087  1855  1660 

337  1780  1600 

1050  1835  1650 

975  1650  1475 

1050  1700  1500 

1000  1625  1465 

1062  1655  1490 


Yours  very  truly, 


JVIl/jCB  • 


Edison  Chei 


Leal  Works . 


EDISON  CHEMICAL  WORKS 


Oct.  16th,  1313. 


Ur.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange ,  IT .  J  . 


Dear  Hr.  Edison;- 


A*\ 

^  Re/Damage  Complaints • 


Regarding  the  matter  of  the  complaint  of  Ianzio 
Uercurio,  whose  letter  dated  Oct.  2nd  you  referred  to  me,  I 
would  advise  you  that  I  have  investigated  the  matter,  and  find 
the  facts  to  he  as  follows 

The  house  is  located  immediately  to  the  South  of  the 
brook,  and  some  300  or  400  yards  from  the  place  where  the  water 
from  our  drainage  pits  enters  the  brook.  The  house  is  a  four- 
apartment  house,  three  of  these  apartments  being  rented,  and 
the  ono  vacant  apartment  being  on  the  side  toward  the  brook, 
and  on  the  second  floor. 

There  are  fairly  new  houses  on  this  street  next  to 
the  brook,  all  of  which  seem  to  be  in  fairly  good  condition 
and  occupied • 

As  far  as  ary  odor  arising  from  the  brook  is  concerned 
X  can  detect  none  whatever.  The  water  is  §cV±cPc¥j-  clear  and 
I  believe  there  is  no  ground  whatever  for  this  complaint .  '  Y/e 
shall  procure  samples  of  the  water  in  the  brook  above  and  below 
the  place  where  our  drainage  enters  same,  and  will  analyze 
these,  and  also  the  overflow  from  our  drainage  pits. 

I  shall  advise  you  when  our  analyses  are  complete  . 


Yours  very  truly, 


iioal  Works  . 


JVU/  JCR 


EDISON  CHEMICAL  WORKS 


SILVER  LAKE.  N.  J.  Qct  •  17/l3  • 


Mr.  T.  A.  Edison, 

Orange ,  IT .  J  . 

Dear  I.Tr.  Edison,  P.e/Cost  of  Iron  Hiz 


Answering  your  inquiry  of  yesterday  as  to  trie 
present  cost  of  Iron  Hiz,  I  give  you  the  following; - 

Uanufacturing  Cost  -  §0 .1897  per  11) . 


Overhead  Expense  -  .0470 

Total  -  -  -  -  0.2367 

20 Ja  Profit  -  -  -  .0473 

Total  with  Profit  0.2840  per  lb 
Packing  -  -  .0066  "  " 


§0.2906  "  "  P  .0  .B  .Silver  lake 

Based  on  costs  for  I'arch,  April,  and  Hay,  1913. 


The  price  at  which  the  last  lot  of  Iron  Uiz  was 
sold  to  D.E.A.  Co.  was  38f.^, 

Yours  verj  truly. 


Edison  Chemical  V/orks . 


jvh/jcr . 


EDISON  CHEMICAL  WORKS 


SILVER  LAKE.  N.  J.  QOt  .  29tll/l3  . 


Ur.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  IT.  J . 

Boar  Ur.  Edison; - 

Regarding  year  question  relative  to  the  appara¬ 
tus  for  mating  Kiel: el  Hydrate  with  Bismuth,  would  say  that 
the  apparatus  is  now  Being  put  in  condition  for  use,  and 
we  have  a  motor  to  use  with  same. 

The  quantity  of  hydrate  that  we  can  make  at  a 
time  is  seven  or  eight  pounds,  hut  at  one  time  we  made 
10  lbs  for  Hr .  Huchison  with  the  apparatus  . 

Yours  sincerely, 


Ec1-i  cm  nHamlnal  ttnvVa  . 


*■ 


JVU/JCP. . 


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The  Edison  Crushing  Roll  Co. 

ROCK  CRUSHERS 


if.  J. ,  February  13,  1913. 

a. 


Stewartsville, 

Ur.  Thou 8  A.  Edison, 

Edison  laboratory, 

Orange,  H.J. 

Bear  Sir ;  - 

A  month  cf  two  ago.  He/ A.  0.  Barrage,  of  Boston, 
1'ass  oa]  led  on  us  and  wanted  to  se4  our  Giant  Rolls.  He  told 
+wt  he  was  connected  with  the  Guggenheims  and  that  they 
we4  ojenlng  l  ve™  large  copper  proposition  in  Chile,  • to  handle 
about  8 ,000  tons  per  day.  We  showed  him  our  rolls  in  cperat 
tnd  he  told  us  that  the  oopper  ore  wcula  come  out  m  blocks 
very  much  like  our  white  limestone. 

He  seemed  to  be  very  much  interested  in  our  rolls 

SinSSS  iTl^ieTolt  ffrSlIf which 
was  furnished  him.  We  also,  through  hiramadeanappointraent^ 
with  one  of  the  Guggenheim  engineers  and  Mr.  '„illinme  took  him 
to  Tomkins  Cove.  Ke  seemed  very  much  pleased  with  the 
there  and  said  that  he  would  make  a  report,  as  he  himself  was 
leaving  for  Chile  in  a  few  days. 

In  a  short  time  we  took  the  matter  up  with  Ur. 
Eurrage  again,  and  he  replied  as  follows: 

"Ur.  Pope  Yateman,  the  consulting  engineer  of  the 
Chile  Copper  Company,  is  net  planning  to  use  Edison  1.011 
Crushers!  oOTeir  seeming  higlffcost  of  repairs  and  frequent 
"breakdowns  than  the  ordinary  rolls.” 

but  were  unableVsee^  JunSdJa^SrttlJ^^oSj. 

^tyIor^-h^^iU^ieTwi^.°?ateS  treats! 

man1 is  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Ouggenheims  ana  interested  in 
of  any  Wnd  on  their  Chile  proposition,  because  the  ore  was 
was^deposited  » 

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The  Edison  Crushing  Roll  Co. 


hffhs&vs  ns  a  ss.°ss  res/ ir  ;,s? 

ti^ey  'c“  +iot  is  tbe  bins  are  strung  out  under  the  tracks 

So'ISt^S'iB1^-  S«“2  Sea  at  one  lime,  so  as  to  damp 
the  ere  quickly  ana  return  the  train  tc  the  quarry. 

„ltt .  „t  ot 
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a:  ss:  ss  ararisj^ SifsIrTr'E  si 
ra  as.’a  ' “ 

I  shovjed  him  our  reoorisef  lost  time  and  oost  of 
our  giant  rolls  and  he  said  he  thought  that  was  very  satisfactory 
hut  In  none  of  their  low  grade  or®  always “ine 

occasion  for  a  large  orueher,  as  the  ore  was  nearly  I  also 

where  that  we  used  manganese  plates  on  ^o  rolls  and  tnou  nu 
before  I  talked  tc  him  that  our  repairs  were  high, 

S«  i.i«:  .f ...  «** 
ias,!iS2.^”SJs1a^s,^J«‘  •  w 

The  thing  that  seemed  to  stick  in  his  mind  and 
which  he  brought  up  several  times  was  the  fact  that  J^hew 
Jersey  Kino  Company  hod  our  rolls  *°r  ®  if  ^  fine  grinding 
had  them  replaced  by  gyratories.  and  that  if  our  xme  g 


The  Edison  Crushing  Roll  Co. 

ROCK  CRUSHERS 


Hr.  T.  A.  E.  #3.  2-13-13. 

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was  so  good,  why  didn't  the  Hew  Jersey  Zinc  Company^  it,  as 
they  were  very  favorable  toward  the  Edison  system  of  crushing 
and  pulverising  when  he  interviewed  these  people. 

Yours  very  truly, 

TEE  EhlSOH  CRUSHING. HOII  COETAETY, 


Stewartsville,  H- J.,  May  30,  1913.  ms 
Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Edison  Laboratory,  /\  uj  l/J 

Orange,  H.J.  V'  / 

Dear  Sir ; -  / 

I  went  to  see  Hiooll  affter  talking  with  you 
and  made  him  the  proposition  that  we  would  put  the  rolls  at 
Oxford  in  good  shape  and  get  out  the  plans,  for  his  orusher  plant, 
and  furnish  a  man  for  erecting  the  plant ,.  for  which  he  would 
have  to  pay  $6.50  per  day  and  expenses.  He  was  to  lease  the 
rolls  at  1-1/2  oents  per  long  ton  crushed  and  to  pay  a  royalty 
of  1.87  oents  per  long  ton,  making  a  total  of  rental  and  royalty 
of  3.37  oents  per  long  ton  crushed. 

He  was  very  much  interested  in  this,  and  did  a  lot 
of  figuring  ana  estimating  as  to  what  costs  he  could  make,  with 
the  crushing  plant,  eto. ,  and  asked  me  to  go  with  him  to  the 
plant  next  week,  which  1  intend  to  do.  He  showed  me  his  pre¬ 
sent  oost  of  getting  out  the  stone,  which  is  41-1/2  oents  per  .ton 
and  1  told  him  with  proper  management  there  would  he  no  trouble 
in  cutting  this  in  half.  He  talked  about  an  hour  about  equip¬ 
ment,  eto.,  it  would  be  necessary  to  buy,  and  I  told  him  it  would 
cost  probably  $40,000.00  for  buildings,  oars,  shovel,  foundations 
eto.  This  did  not  scare  him,  and  I  believe  that  the  deal  will 
go  through,  as  it  looks  very  favorable  at  the  present  time. 

Y°Ur mgg6 SOU  ORUSHTHG  ROLL  COMPANY , 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Edison  Portland  Cement  Company  (E-13-31) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  administrative  and  financial  affairs  of  the  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 
Included  are  items  pertaining  to  Edison’s  role  as  the  chairman  of  the  board  of 
directors,  market  conditions  in  the  cement  industry,  and  the  participation  of 
the  company  in  trade  associations.  Also  included  is  correspondence 
concerning  the  commercial  exploitation  of  poultry  grit  and  pulverized 
limestone— two  byproducts  of  cement  production— and  the  stake  of  railroads 
in  the  development  of  agricultural  properties.  In  addition,  there  are  letters 
regarding  stock  transactions  connected  with  the  estate  of  Robert  H. 
Thompson,  visitors  to  Edison’s  laboratory,  and  the  procurement  of  a 
Christmas  tree  for  Glenmont,  the  Edison  home  in  Llewellyn  Park.  Most  of  the 
correspondence  is  by  company  president  Walter  S.  Mallory  and  company 
treasurer  Harry  F.  Miller.  There  are  several  letters  written  by  Edison  or 
bearing  his  marginalia. 

Approximately  10  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
material  not  selected  consists  of  duplicates;  letters  of  transmittal  and 
acknowledgment;  monthly  statistics  and  other  periodic  statements  concerning 
sales,  production,  and  accounts  receivable;  and  other  routine  financial 
material. 


Stewartsvillo,  H.J. 


January  2,  1913. 


Mr.  W.  S.  Mallory,  President, 


Boar  Sir :  - 


i  a.  conversation  yesterday’ v/\th  Kr.  Karry  G. 

So  ip  ho  informed  me  that  it  is  his  intention  shortly,  to  hnild 
on  a' property  adjoining  his  Restaurant,  which  he  owns  a  Caie  and 
Restaurant  Building.  He  is  at  present  having  t:r.  W.M.Laohlor 

prepare  plans  and  having  heard  Mr.  Michler  speak  sc  favorably  c- 
our  material,  he  desires  to  investigate  and  use  same,  and  with 
this  "in  view’,  he  is  arranging  to  come  with  Mr.  Mi  chi  or  to  How 
Village  this  week  and  see  the  work  we  are  now  doing,  and  wo  have 
arranged  with  Mr.  Fcrmigli  to  show  him  not  only  our  completed  work 
but  to  discuss  with  him  the  suitability  of  interior  decoration  with 
Travertine,  Caen  Stone  or  Marble  Face,  and  more  than  likely  they 
will  decide  on  Marble  Face  for  the  Exterior,  although  our  Granite 
Composite  should  appeal  to  them. 

I  think  that  excellent  results  will  develop  ) 
their  ia-fceyuiew.  ’IrrUt'L 


Yours  very  truly, 


DlC.lv  UllOTIIEllS  &  CO. 

no  BlIUAl)  STltKKT 

NiswYokk 


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January  6,  1913  i 


'Jr.  Thenas  A.  Edison, 


U"'  ^  /  f 


E.  J.  / 

Dear  Sir: 

V.'e  have  a  client  v:ho  desires 
sell  ICO  shares  Edison  Portland  Clement 
Preferred  Stock.  Should  you  he  in  a  posi 


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n  to  make  a  hid,  or  advise  us  of  tome ^ 
t  v.ho  may  he  interested  in  an  offering  <ty  J*  $ 

this  stock,  vs  shall  he  glad  to  hea O'  J 

jri/y&J 


Yours  very  truly. 


Cf 


The  Cement  Era 

Devoted  lo  CEMENT,  CONCRETE  „ 

AND  RELATED  MACHINERY  ^ 

Chicago,  J«u«ry  6th,  19X3. 


W.  6.  Mallory,  Preot- , 

Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. , 
Stewartsville,  K.  J. 

Pear  Sir: 


We  aro  writing  to  ask  your  good  offices  to  assist  ub  in  getting 
a  few  words  of  greeting  from  Ur.  Edelcn  f  cr  the  vial  tors  at  the  coning 
Cement  Show  in  Chicago. 

is  you  may  re  rattier,  wo  publinh  a  Daily  paper  at  the  Cerant 
Show;  and  bo  cany  people  in  tte  industry,  and  out  of  it,  earnest  Ur. 
Edison  *s  name  with  developrants  in  tide  field,  that  auch  a  word  of 
greeting  from  him  would  be  very  fitting. 

We  should  Ilka  thin  to  include,  also,  if  Ur.  Edisot  aeeB 
fit,  a  few  words  of  prophesy  us  to  coning  developnen  ts  in  the  industry. 

I  am  sure  that  such  an  expression  from  him  would  bo  read  with  pleasuro 
by  all  the  visitors  at  the  show  and  would  assist  in  atiiatlating  at 
interest  in  the  use  of  cement,  which  is  the  prlnnry  purpose  of  our 
publi  cation. 


The  Cerant  Show  begins  the  16th  of  this  ran  th,  so  that  we 
ought  to  have  this,  if  possible,  by  the  idddle  of  next  week. 

True  ting  that  Ifr.  Edistn'e  interest  in  the  industry  will 
pronyt  him  to  assist  its  promotlai  in  thiD  way,  snd  thinking  you  f cr 
your  kindness  in  the  matter,  we  are 


Tours  very  truly, 


THE  CEMUT  ERA. 


January  6,  19X3. 


Mr.  Jolin  )t.  Vorron,  President, 

Eastern  Cement  Association, 
Hew  York,  II.  Y* 


Dear  Gir:- 

Your  Committee  begs  to  call  to  the  attention 
of  our  members  the  following  facts  in  connection  with  that 
portion  of  our  industry  which  is  located  in  the  Lehigh  Valley 
and  Hew  York  State  districts 


PllODUCTIOH  and  CHIPHENTG 
Prom  LEHIGH  VALLEY  and  1IEW  YORK  STATE  Kills 
(Government  Figures ) 


Year 

1909 

1910 

1911 

1912  (Estimated) 

Total  - 


Production 
27,100,000  Bhls, 
29,600,000  " 

29,200,000  " 

20.200.000  “ 
115,100,000  :1 


Uhinments 
27,400,000  iSble, 
30,200,000  " 

29,100,000  " 

30.100.000  " 

116,800,000  " 


Prom  the  above  it  will  be  noted  that  the 


shipments  have  been  about  1,700,000  barrels  in  excess  of  the 
production  for  the  past  four  years,  during  which  period  we 
have  had  the  most  severe  competition  that  our  industry  has 


evor  experienced. 

Every  manufacturer  in  those  two  districts 
knows  that  there  is  a  capacity  to  manufacture  in  excess  of 
the  demand,  and  the  only  reasons  your  Committee  can  give  for 
the  very  severe  competition  during  the  recent  years  is  that 
the  manufacturers  have  feared  the  excess  manufacturing  capacity, 
which  the  figures  show  has  not  been  used,  and  also  because  the 
real  situation  has  not  been  understood.  It  is  the  expectation 
of  your  Committee  to  kceU  our  members  advised  as  to  the 


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strength  or  weakness  of  the  statistical  situation  in  the  future. 

Xour  Committee  also  begs  to  call  attention 
to  the  following  tablos,  which  show  the  Production  and  Shipments 
for  the  eight  Spring,  Cummer  and  Pall  months  (April  to  .November, 
inclusive),  and  also  the  four  Winter  months  (December  to  March, 
inclusive  ):- 


PRODUCTION  and  SHIPMENTS 
Prom  LEHIGH  VALIJiY  and  HEY/  YORK  STATE  Plants 
i'or  Eight  Months  —  (April  to  l/ovember,  Inclusive). 


1909  1910  1911  1912  (x) 

Bbls.  Bbls.  llbls.  Bbls . 


Shipments  -  21,000,000 
Production  -  20,600,000 


24,600,000 

21,600,000 


23,600,000 

21,300,000 


24,600,000 

22,400,000 


Excess  Ship-) 
ments  Over  )-  1,200,000 
Production  ) 


3,000,000  2,300,000  2,200,000 

(x)  1912  is  estimated. 


From  the  above  you  will  note  that  in  every 
year  during  the  Spring,  Summer  p.nd  Fall  months  we  have  shipped 
more  than  we  have  manufactured. 


SHIPMENTS  and  PRODUCTION 
For  the  Four  WINTER  Months 
(December  to  March  -  Inclusive) 

1908  1909  1910 

1909  1910  1911 

Bbls .  Bbls .  Bbls. 


1911 

1912  (x) 
Bbls. 


Production  -  5,200,000 

Shipments  -  4.500.000 

Excess  Pruduc-) 

tion  Over  )-  700,000 

Shipments  ) 


8,300,000 

6.600.000 


8,800,000.  5,900,000 

5.800,000  4.300.000 


1,700,000  3,000,000  1,600,000 

(x)  1912  is  estimated. 


A'  study  of  these  two  tables  will  show  that  in 
the  Winter  season  of  1910  -  1911  there  was  an  over-production 
as  compared  with  the  shipments  for  the  some  period,  which  your 


Committee  1)  oil  even  was  a  considerable  factor  In  the  situation 
which  followed.  It  in  the  opinion  of  your  Committee  if  the 
real  situation  had  been  correctly  understood  at  that  time, 
the  action  of  the  Companlce  would  have  been  very  different, 
four  Committee,  therefore,  wisher,  to  call  attention  to  the 
fact  that  the  danger  of  over-produoinR  by  each  manufacturer 
in  in  the  four  '..'inter  months. 

fourt!  very  truly, 

a.  KAbLOKf, 

Chairman, 

Committee  on  Ctatiatics. 


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in.  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J. 


o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 

January  10,  1913. 


Mr.  Wm.  H.  Meadowcroft, 

Edison  laboratory. 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft: - 

I  have  been  investigating  the 
use  of  chicken  grit  as  an  aid  to  raisers  of  poultry  in 
increasing  the  quantity  and  quality  of  eggs,  and  find 
there  is  quite  a  market  for  this  material,  part  of  which 
ie  supplied  by  crushing  of  oyster  shells  in  Maryland, 
and  the  balance  by  some  people  in  Hew  Jersey  who  are 
crushing  various  kinds  of  rock  for  this  purpose. 

I  have  had  installed  in  our  Weighing 
House,  a  set  of  screens  which  will  give  us  the  three  sizes 
of  material  which  is  needed  by  the  trade,  and  whenever  we 
are  crushing  the  Pulverized  Limestone,  using  our  stone 
from  Oxford,  we  can  obtain  without  any  additional  cost  a 
supply  of  this  material,  and  I  have  obtained  a  list  of 
about  7,000  poultry  dealers  and  hardware  stores  in  the 
Eastern  section  of  the  United  States,  and  am  arranging 
to  send  out  to  each  of  them  the  enclosed  literature, 
from  which  you  will  note  we  are  offering  to  send  them 
free  of  cost,  except  the  freight  charges,  a  25-lb.  sample 


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of  this  material. 

I  have  figured  the  matter  over  care¬ 
fully,  and  believe  that  thiB  method  of  introducing  goods 
will  be  cheaper  than  attempting  to  do  it  through  salesmen 
at  first,  and  if  the  business  develops,  as  I  hope  it  will, 
we  will  then  later  take  up  the  matter  of  having  the  sales 
handled  by  our  cement  salesmen,  but  I  do  not  want  at  the 
present  time  to  give  them  any  additional  duties  which 
would  in  any  way  interfere  with  the  sale  of  cement.  I 
have  therefore  selected  one  of  our  young  men  at  our  office 
here  to  take  charge  of  this  department,  and  we  will  push 
it  ahead  as  rapidly  as  possible,  and  I  believe  that  quite 
a  profitable  business  can  be  built  up,  for  the  reason 
that  the  first  cost  to  us  of  the  material  and  the  bags 
will  be  quite  small,  and  whatever  volume  of  business  we 
may  be  able  to  develop  will  be  largely  profit. 

Yours  very  truly, 


WSM-EBS 


ENCLOSURE:-  2 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Telfgnph*  Freight  md  Pawenger  Station,  NEW  VILLAGE,  N.  J. 

p.  o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 


|tj»nrei  Duth/ln^  ^ 


Dear  Sir: - 

We  beg  to  hand  you  booklet,  descriptive  of  our  "Two-in-One" 
Poultry  Grit  that  grinds,  and  makes  Egg  Shell,  showing  the 
importance  of  the  Poultry  industry,  also  many  valuable  suggestions 
from  a  number  of  the  most  eminent  authorities  along  the  lines 
of  successful  Poultry  raising.  We  feel  assured  that  a  careful 
perusal  of  it  will  prove  both  interesting  and  profitable. 

The  need  of  a  true  Grit  and  Egg  Shell  maker  is  a 
recognized  fact,  and  our  "Two-in-One"  Grit  is  the  best  and 
cheapest  method  of  supplying  this  want. 

We  are  so  anxious  to  have  you  see  a  sample  of  this  product 
that  we  enclose  postal-card  which,  if  you  will  sign  “J  ther 

will  bring  you  a  25.1b.  sample  bag  of  our  Grit,  free  of  cost  other 
than  the  freight  charges  thereon.  We  have  adopted  this  plan, 
believing  that  an  inspection  and  trial  of  the  Grit  will  prove  its 
superiority  and  cheapness  over  any  similar  product  on  the  market. 
We  manufacture  it  in  three  sizes,  as  follows 


Ho.  1,  fine,  for  newly  hatched  chicks, 

Ho.  2,  medium,  for  growing  young  chicks. 

Ho.  3,  coarse,  for  mature  Poultry. 

Packed  in  100  lb.  bags.  Ho  charge  is  made  for  bags. 

Price,  $6.50  per  ton,  free  on  board  cars  at  our  works,  Hew 
Village,  H.  J. 

Pr eight  rates  on  any  quantity  desired  furnished  on  appli¬ 
cation. 


We  are  sending  sample  under  another  cover. 


Yours  very  truly, 

THE  EDISOH  PORTLAND  CEMENT  CO. 


EHC-RDK 


Per 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Of  Interest  to  Every  Poultry  Raiser 

EDISON 

Poultry  Grit  That  Grinds 
I  and  Makes  Egg  Shell 


••TWO  IN  ONE.” 


SOLVES  THE  PROBLEM 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Poultry  Grit  that  Grinds, 
and  Malles  E,gg  Shell 
“Two-in-One" 


importance  of  the 

_  lltry  Raising  Industry, 

I  intheUnitedStates, maybe 
m  comprehended  by  a  study 
■  of  the  following  report 
le  by  the  U.  S.  Gov- 
nent  for  the  year  1910. 
Number  and  Value 
of  Fowls 


The  number  of  fowls  reported  in  1910 
was  295,880,000,  and  their  total  value  was 
$154,663,000,  or  an  average  value  of  52 
cents.  Nearly  95  per  cent  of  all  the  fowls 
were  chickens;  they  numbered  280,345,000, 
and  their  value  was  $140,206,000,  the  aver¬ 
age  value  being  50  cents.  Turkeys  num¬ 
bered  3,689,000  and  were  valued  at 
$6,606,000,  the  average  value  being  $1.79. 
The  ducks  reported  numbered  2,907,000, 
and  were .  valued  at  $1,567,000  with  an 
average  value  of  54  cents.  Of  geese,  the 
total  number  was  4,432,000,  and  the  value 
$3,195,000,  or  an  average  value  of  72  cents. 
rsIn  1910,  there  were  also  reported  1,765,000 
guinea  fowls,  valued  at  $613,000 ;  2,731,000 


pigeons,  valued  at  $762,000 ;  and  6,458  pea¬ 
fowls,  valued  at  $18,300. 

The  total  number  of  fowls  increased 
from  ,  250,624,000,  in  the  year  1900,  to 
295,880,000  in  1910,  again  of  over45,000,000, 
or  over  18  per  cent.  , 

U.  S.  Government  census  of  1910  re¬ 

ports:  Eggs  produced,  on  farms  in  the 
United  States,  during  1909,  amounted  to 
1,591,311,371  dozens,  which  value  in  dollars 
amounted  to  $306,688,960.00. 

Management  of  Kens  for 
E,gg  Production 
A  good  hen  lays,  in  a  year,  from  four  to 
six  times  her  own  weight  in  eggs.  These 
are  rich  in  concentrated  life  making  ma¬ 
terial-protein,  fat  and  mineral  matter.  It 
takes  a  strong,  living  machine  to  stand  the 

strain  for  such  an  output.  The  hen  kept 
specially  for  laying  should  be  selected  from 
a  high  egg  laying  strain  of  great  vitality. 
The  hen  whose  chickens  are  to  be  sold  for 

broilers  or  roasters  should  be  selected  from 

thick  meated, quick  maturing, vigorous  stock. 

Feeding 

The  problem  of  feeding  is  one  of  great 


sidered,  for’ on  it  depends  to  a  large  extent 

not  only  the  general  health  of  the  buds,  but 
also  the  economy  which  promotes  success. 
It  is  a  subject  however,  which  should  be 


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The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Dear  Mr.  Edison 

We  have  made  a  preliminary  estimate, 
which  I  think  will  he  found  to  be  very  near  to  the 
actual  figures  covering  the  production  and  shipments 
of  all  the  Mills  of  the  United  States  for  the  year  1912, 
with  the  following  results 

Production  -  81,222,900  Barrels 

Shipments  -  82,686,500  ■ 

This  shows  an  increase  over  1911,  when 
the  figures  of  production  were  about  78,000,000. 

I  am  sending  you  this  merely  as  a 
matter  of  interest. 


WSM-KBS 


Yours  very  truly, 


C f '/ ,  , 


Mr.  Mallory  was  obliged  to 
leavo  before  signing  the  above 
letter  dictated  by  him. 


i.tonnrtBvillo,  I!.  J. ,  .Tontinry  16th,  1913. 


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Average  Pot  Polling  Prioo  por  hhl. 


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4,143.60 
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9.442.04 
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Yourn  truly, 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


P.  O.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE.  N.  J. 

January  20,  1913. 


Mr.  V/id.  H.  Meadowcroft, 

Edison  laboratory. 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Hr.  Meadowcroft : - 

I  am  quite  disappointed  not  to 
have  seen  you  at  the  dinner  Saturday  night,  as  I  wanted 
to  ask  you  what  had  been  done  in  the  matter  of  the 
letter  which  was  to  be  signed  by  Mr.  Edison  for  my 
friend  connected  with  one  of  the  cement  papers  in 
Chicago.  As  he  is  a  personal  friend,  I  do  not  want 
to  have  him  think  the  matter  is  being  neglected  by  me. 

Yours  very  truly, 


Y/SM-HBE 


®t jt  dlriemi  portlanb  demmt  do. 


Mr.  H.  E.  Miller. 

Edison  laboratory. 
Orange,  H.J. 
My  dear  Harry:-  j*. 


If  Mr.  Medoworoft  should  he  absent,  will  you  please  see 
that  Mr.  Edison  reads  the  attached  oarbon  oopy,  as  I  an  most  anxious 
that  Prof.  Hopkins  shall  be  impressed  with  Mr.  EaiBon's  interest  in 
this  matter. 


Yours  very  jferujLj 

WSM/H 

P.3,  I  am  leaving  in  a  few  minutes  for  Baltimore  and  Washington,  so 
this  letter  will  be  written  and  signed  in  my  absenoe. 


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New  York 


®jjf  (fbfeon  portlanb  (Itemmt  (do. 

Arradr  "(Building 

e.  meyer  ^J)flai»elpl)ia 

jan.  21,  1913. 


Mr.  Yf.  H.  Medoworoft, 

Edison  laboratory. 

Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 

Bear  Mr  .Medoworof££“;“  ,0S^, ZZ'^r"U° 

Sometime  sinoe,  X  arranged  with.  Prof.  Cyril  G.  Hopkins 
of  the  University  of  Ill.,  Agricultural  Experimental  Station,  to  appear 
before  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Eastern  Trunk  line  Assn. ,  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  reduction  of  freight  rates  on  Pulverized  lime stone, and 
I  invited  Prof.  Hopkins  to  visit  Mr.  Edison  at  Orange,  stating  that 
Mr.  Edison  was  very  muoh  interested  in  the  applioation  of  Pulverized 


limestone  to  farming  communities  90$  from  a  soientifio  standpoint, and 
10$  from  a  oommercial  point  of  view.  Prof.  Hopkins  is  probably  the 
greatest  authority  on  the  use  of  Pulverized  limestone  that  we  have  in 
this  oountry  and  it  was  my  intention  when  he  oalled  at  the  laboratory 
to  be  with  him  and  have  a  preliminary  talk  with  Mr.  Edison  as  to  the 
work  that  Prof.  Hopkins  haB  done  along  this  line* 

X  am  on  my  way  now  to  Washington  to  take  up  with  the 
Agricultural  Bepartment  the  question  of  freight  rates,  arranging  for 
them  to  send  one  of  their  men  with  the  Committee  which  is  to  appear  be¬ 
fore  the  Traffio  Association,  and  Professor  Hopkins  has  written  a  let¬ 
ter  from  Meridap,  Conn,  stating  that  it  will  be  convenient  for  him  to 
oall  on  Mr.  Edison  tomorrow,  and  I  would  therefore  appreoiate  it  great¬ 
ly  if  you  would  show  Mr.  Edison  this  letter  so  that  he  may  know  some¬ 
thing  of  Prof.  Hopkins,  and  arrange  when  he  oalls  to  see  that  he  gets 


n 


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#2  ’.7.H.M. .Orange,  3.J.  1.21.13  !  r. 

ovory  attention,  anti  ia'grantod  an  interview  with  .Mr .  Sdieon, 

■  I  have  asked  Ur.  Opdyko  to  call  you  from  tho  cement 
plant,  ana  am'sondihg  this  letter  moroly  as  a  precaution,  as  Proi.Hon- 
kins  has  agreed /to  make  tho  trip . from  Illinois  to  Pew  York  any  time  at 
our  oorivenionoe,  without  any  reimbursement  for  sorvioeo,  provided  no 
will  pay  his  travelling  expenses. 

I  am  particularly  anxious  to  have  Prof.  Hopkins  appear 
boforo  tho  traffic  Committoo,  as  ho  was  instrumental  in  obtaining  tho 
reductions  in  freight  ratos  both  in  Illinois  ana  Virginia  whore  very 
low  rates  have  beon  made  oh  Pulverisod  limestone. 

Thinking  possibly  you  may  bo  absent,  1  am  forwarding  a. 
oar  bon  copy  of  this  letter"  to'  HrV  Harry  Killer,  anil  X  would  appreciate 
it.-if  either  he  or  you  would  see  that  Hr.  Sdieon  goto  the  letter  boforo 
he  ffieotB  Professor  Hopkins, 

Ploaoe  say  to  Prof.  Hopkins  that  wo  are  getting  together 
a  very  strong  committoo,  representing  tho  consumers,  and  that  1  hopo 
in  the  next  couple  of  weeks'  to  bo  able  to  make  a  definite  appointnont. 
Also  say  that  I  vory  muoh  rogrot  being  unable  to  bo  with  him  tomorrow. 


bo  this  letter  will  be  written  and  signed  in  my  absence. 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Telcjnpli.  Fidglil  »nd  Pawenger  Station, 


s.  STEWARTSV1LLE.  N.  J.  “°aT<’!‘' 

February  11 ,  1913 . 


Mr.  H.  F.  Miller, 


Edison  Laboratory, 


I  beg  herewith  to  hand  you  a 
pamphlet  covering  the  mile  of  concrete  road,  which 
was  built  near  our  Plant,  and  to  which  I  have  referred 
at  Borne  of  our  Directors'  Meetings.  I  pass  over  this 
road  very  frequently,  and  it  1b  in  very  excellent 
condition,  showing  absolutely  no  effect  from  the 
weather  or  traffic. 

The  matter  of  concrete  roads  is  being 
taken  up  vigorously  by  both  our  national  and  Eastern 
Associations,  and  a  great  deal  of  work  will  be  put  on 


this  problem  this  year. 


Yours  very  truly. 


WSM-RBS 
ENCLOSURE : -  1 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Telegraph,  Freight  and  Parrenjer  Station.  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J. 

p.o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 


iriibl’kiui /',Y"  i^i“<SiJe™ 


March  22,  1913. 


Dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

As  you  know,  for  several  years  the 
Association  of  American  Portland  Cement  Manufacturers 
has  issued  monthly  statistics  covering  Production,  Ship¬ 
ments  and  Stock  of  Cement  on  Hand,  covering  all  districts 
of  the  United  States,  these  statistics  being  made  up  on 
the  reports  of  the  individual  Companies .  As  all  the  cement 
manufacturers  were  not  members  of  our  Association,  the 
reports  have  not  been  complete. 

The  writer  has  felt  for  some  time  that 
our  industry  has  not  obtained  the  full  value  of  these  re¬ 
ports,  and  from  conversations  knows  that  many  of  the  man¬ 
ufacturers  do  not  realize  their  possibilities,  sb  several 
have  stated  that  not  being  complete  they  did  not  pay  much 
attention  to  them. 

A  oouple  of  months  ago  the  writer  started 
out  to  compile  figures  based  on  these  monthly  Association 
reports,  and  has  corrected  them  to  conform  with  the  Govern¬ 
ment  report,  which  is  issued  annually  and  covers  all  the 
mills  of  tli'fe  United  States.  The  figures  obtained  in  this 
way  were  verified  by  checking  them  with  the  statistics  kept 


-2- 


by  the  Statistician  of  the  Association,  and  I  believe  the 
figures  given  on  the  enclosed  printed  report  are  at  least 
93;?  correct,  and  it  is  my  expectation  to  publish  a  duplicate 
of  this  report,  brought  up  to  date  every  month,  and  forward 
it  to  every  manufacturer  in  the  Lehigh  Valley  and  New  Yorlc 
State  districts,  and  also  each  month  to  call  their  attention 
under  "Remarks"  to  anything  that  seems  to  me  to  be  of  interest, 
and  I  am  very  hopeful  that  by  these  means  the  manufacturers 
will  be  able  to  better  understand  actual  conditions. 

You  will  note  that  the  production  for  the 
years  1909,  1910,  1911  and  1912  amounts  to  114,237,700  bbls., 
and  that  the  shipments  during  the  same  period  amounts  to 
115,782,900  bbls.,  showing  that  the  shipments  for  the  four 
years  have  exceeded  the  production  by  1,545,200  bbls. 

It  seems  to  me  very  certain  that  if  this 
condition  had  been  understood  by  every  manufacturer,  that 
the  ruinous  competition  which  we  have  had  during  the  last 
four  yearB  could  not  have  existed,  and  I  fully  believe  that 
a  proper  understanding  of  these  statistics  in  the  future 
will  be  of  the  utmost  value  to  our  industry  in  the  Lehigh 
Valley  and  New  York  State  districts,  as  every  month  each 
manufacturer  at  a  glance  will  know  exactly  what  the  figures 
indicate  by  comparing  them  with  the  figures  for  the  same 
month  in  previous  years. 

Yours  very 

WSM-RBS 


truly, 


4, 

resiflerre. 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Aut.  Thu.  R  O.  ADDRESS.  STEWARTSVILLE,  ,N.  J.  " 

„•  'April  23,  1913. 

^  t.|: 

Dear  Mr.  Edison. ^  \  ^  ^  ^ 

^  Thursday  afternoo^  at  3:00  P.  M., 
the  Committee  which  we  have  gathered,  and  which  is  cor 


posed  of  agricultural  experts,  will  meet  the  railroad 
men  in  Hew  York  City.  Prof.  C.  C.  .Hopkins,  of  the  University 


of  Illinois,  who  was  responsible  for  the  reduction  in 
freight  rates  on  Pulverized  Limestone  in  Illinois  and 
Virginia,  1b  to  he  the  principal  spokesman  at  the  meeting 
tomorrow,  and  after  the  meeting,  Mr.  Hopkins  wants  to 


come  out  and  have  a  talk  with  you. 


Pfof.  Hopkins  is  probably  the  beet 
known  expert  in  the  United  States  on  the  subject  of  Pul¬ 
verized  Limestone,  and  his  pamphlet,  which  doubtless  you 
have  seen,  is  used  very  largely  by  everybody  who  1b  inter¬ 


ested  in  this  problem. 

I  have  told  Prof.  HopkinB  that  you  par¬ 
ticularly  asked  that  he  take  part  in  the  negotiations  with 
the  railroad  people,  and  he  is  coming  on  to  the  conference 
at  your  request,  and  I  have  told  him  that  you  would  pay  his 
expenses  (we  will  reimburse  you).  Inasmuch  as  the  request 


for  cooperation  came  from  you,  he  has  decided  not  to 
charge  any  fee  for  his  services.. 

I  am  writing  this,  so  you  will  be 
posted  when  Prof.  Hopkins  shows  up.  It  iB  possible 
we  may  come  out  Thursday  afternoon  late.  If  not,  we 
will  be  out  Friday  morning. 

Yours  very  truly, 


President 


C!)e  Ctrfson  iPortlanb  Cement  Co. 


NEW  YORK, 


Mr.  Edi  son  or  Hr.  Bachman. 


Oranee’,  H.J.  . 

Dear  Sir:-  , 


5/3/12 


This  will  introduce  to  you  Hr.  Byron  I'ercer,  who 
is  a  wholesale  furniture  bob,  #5962  Ceylon  Ave.,  Chicago.  He  is  very 
lsueh  interested  in  what  he  read  about  cement  furniture  and  is  a  believer 
in  if  for  furniture  for  special  uses  or,  account  of  fireproof  Qualities. 
He  is  very  anxious  to  see  the  cabinet  and  either  trslfc  with,  you  or  Hr. 
Edison  on  the  subject. 

It  oocured  to  the  writer  that  Mr.  Mercer  might  give 
you  some  vuluabl e  information  in  tho  line  of  furniture,  such  as  the 
writer  wrote  about. 


sl:A:g 


£DJSG?!FCnTL,*ri!3  CDSE8T  CO. 


P.S.  Mr.  Kerocr  has  been  twenty- four  years  in  t^e  furniture  busim 
le  claims  there  is  a  demand  from  hotels  for  fireproof  furniture. 


previ< 


Trusting;  that  we  may  receive  the  old 
notes  from  you  promptly,  with  my  very  kindest  regards, 

I  am, 

Youro  very  truly. 


President 


May  26th,  1913. 


Hr.  K.  B.  Thomas,  President, 

Lehigh  Valley  Kailroad  Company, 

143  T.iherty  Street, 

Hew  York. 

Dear  Hr.  Thomas:-' 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  favor  of  the  21st  in3t. 
in  regard  to  pulverized  limestone  for  agricultural  purposes.  Let 

me  say  in  reply  that  we  sell  this  pulverized  limestone  for  $3.00  per 
ton  at  the  Hill.  By  improved  processes,  we  hope  to  get  it  down  to 
$2.00  per  ton  later  on,  and,  if  we  find  it  can  he  ground  less  fine 
advantageously,  we  may  he  able  to  reduce  the  prioe  to  a  still  less 
figure. 

In  our  present  exploitation  of  the  business  we 
employ  a  nunhnr  nf  for  our  travelers  use,  no  that  they  can 

personally  go  around  the  oountry  and  see  the  farmers  themselves.  For 
this  and  other  reasons  our  selling  expense  is  high  and  keeps  the  price 
up,  hut  after  the  business  has  got  well  established,  with  a  natural  in¬ 
crease  of  sales,  we  shall  be  enabled  to  make  a  much  more  favorable  price 
to  the  farmer. 


Yours  very  truly, 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


...NEW  VILLAGE. N.J. 


p.o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE.  N.  J. 

May  27,  1913 


Dear  Mr.  Edison 

I  have  noted  carbon  copy  of  your  letter 
of  26th  to  Mr.  E.  B.  Thomas,  President  of  the  Lehigh  Valley 
R.  B.  Co.,  and  I  think  it  would  be  wise  for  you  to  correct 
the  statement  which  you  made  to  him  relative  to  the  selling 
prices. 

Wien,  in  accordance  with  your  instruc¬ 
tions,  we  first  started  selling  the  Ground  Limestone,  we  did 
make  a  few  sales  at  $3.00  per  ton  f.o.b.  our  Works,  but  we 
found  that  with  the  existing  freight  rates  the  delivered 
price  was  too  high,  so  we  reduced  our  price  to  the  dealers 
to  $2.00  per  ton,  and  Mr.  Thomas  was  charged  $2.25  per  ton 
for  the  Ground  Limestone  which  we  shipped  to  him. 

In  accordance  with  your  instructions  to 
get  the  widest  possible  distribution  of  this  material,  we 
have  been  absorbing  in  our  price  part  of  the  freight  rates, 
with  result  that  our  average  selling  price  from  the  first 
of  January,  1913,  to  date  has  been  $1.68  per  net  ton  f.o.b. 
our  WorkB.  We  have  no  rule  as  to  the  amount  of  freight  we 
would  absorb,  and  each  case  has  been  treated  individually, 


with  the  idea  of  reaching  the  maximum  number  of  customers 
to  get  them  to  try  out  the  material  in  the  expectation 
that  the  railroads  would  make  proper  freight  rates  on 
this  material . 


In  addition  to  the  above,  our  selling 
expense  per  ton  is  very  considerable,  as  we  are  making  a 
farm  to  farm  canvas  in  certain  sections  of  our  territory, 
trying  to  educate  the  farmers  to  the  necessity  of  lime. 
This  in  accordance  with  your  instructions,  with  result 
that  so  far  thiB  year  the  absorption  of  freight  rat>4  and 
the  selling  expense  have  about  used  up  the  accrued  profit. 

If  the  railroads  make  proper  freight 
rates  and  the  volume  of  business  increases,  as  it  surely 
will,  so  that  our  selling  expense  per  ton  is  considerably 
less,  we  will  be  very  glad  to  make  a  reduction  from 
existing  prices,  and  from  the  experience  that  we  have 
had  with  those  to  whom  we  have  shipped  the  Ground  Lime¬ 
stone,  we  feel  sure  that  there  is  great  need  for  this 
material  at  a  delivered  price  which  the  farmers  can 
afford  to  pay,  and  as  you  state  in  your  letter,  there 
is  nothing  the  railroads  can  do  which  will  bring  them  so 
much  future  prosperity  as  the  widest  possible  distribution 


of  Ground  Limestone. 

V/8M-HBS 


m 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


...NEW  VILLAGE.  N.J. 


s.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 

June  2nd,  1913.. 


Mr.  T.  A.  Edison., 

Orange,  N.J. 

DBar  Mr.  Edison:- 

In  the  letter'  from  Hr, 


g  but  has 
of  oroflXX^- 
ro  bullet  inrijj/me' 


...  -rfA 

that  he  stateB  that  he  has  been  experimenting  but  has  as  fret  J*  / ^ 
been  unable  to  determine  the  relative  value  of  oruehjjji/^  ^  ^  jf 
burnt  lime’,1  and  1  am  handing  you  herewith  two  X 
of  them  issued  by  the  Illinois  Agricultural  Statio£ 
other  by  the  Pennsylvania  Agricultural  Station,  and 
suggest  that  you  forward  these  two  bulletins  to  i 
him  to  look  them  over  at  hiB  leisure . galling  his^c 
particularly  to  the  results  of  the  test  made  iri.Pennsjrt 
given  on  page  26  of  the  Pennsylvania  bulletin, 

parison  of  25  years  in  result  between  the  use  of  bi^n^Time  i  ' 

I  think  it  is  advisable  to  go  bacltm^y  j 
i  especially  that  we  are/anx^TuB  Jr 
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and  ground  limestone. 

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The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


s.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 

June  6th,  1913. 


Ur.  W.  H.  Ueadowcroft. , 
Edison  Lahpratory., 


oratory.,  %lpC^1 

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adowcroft:-  .  uyy<  r  V*^  V**"  ,  ,vl> 

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I  beg  herewith  to^return  n  0[ 

.  L.  E.  loree,  President,  D.  &  H.  c£AVhi[W/ 


uy  dear  Ur.  Ueadowcroft 


I  have  noted  with  great  interest. 

I  would  suggest  that  you  prepare  a  let-  J  cy,'‘ 

r  J 

ter  for  Ur.  Edison* s  signature;  thanking  Ur.  loree  ^i>v 
for  his  interest  in  the  matter,  and  returning  Ur.  \y^  ^ 

8im*s  letter  of  which  I  have  had  a  copy  made.  The  ^ 

D.  &  H.  Co.,  have  evidently  been  working  along  the  right  .  ( 

lines  except  they  are  not  as  familiar  with  ground?  lia^ajl/^ 
stone  as  they  seem  to  be  with  burnt  lime. 


W8M-DSW 

enclosure 


The 


Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 

Telegr.ph,  Fieigkt  .nd  Puicojer  St.lioi,.  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J.  PniL.DBt.rniA, 

p.o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 


June  12.  1913. 


Mr.  W.  H.  Meadowcroft, 

EdiBon  Laboratory, 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft 

I  beg  herewith  to  return  letter 
of  Mr.  Robert  C.  Wright,  F.T.E.  of  Penna.  R.  B.  Co.,  which 
I  have  noted  with  great  interest. 

X  think  it  would  be  well  if  you  would 
prepare  a  letter  for  Mr.  Edison  to  sign,  complimenting  Mr. 
Y/right  on  the  very  efficient  work  the  Penna.  R.  R.  have 
been  doing  along  the  educational  line  with  the  farmers, 
poinfcinri  out,  however,  the  fact  to  him  that  this  work 
cannot  bring  the  desired  results  unless  the  soil  of  the 
farmer  iB  in  proper  condition. 

I  also  think  it  would  be  well  to  mention 
the  fact  that  Mr.  Edison’s  Company  has  four  Ford  automobile, 
in  service,  making  a  farm  to  farm  canvas  on  the  subject  of 
Ground  Limestone,  and  that  the  farmers  are  displaying  great 
interest  in  the  proposition,  and  then  stating  that  it  is 
Mr.  Edison's  judgment  that  nothing  the  railroads  can  do 
will  bring  them  as  many  returns  as  if  they  take  the  same 
action  as  have  the  railroads  of  Illinois  and  Virginia,  or 


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approximate  it  in  making  more  equitable  rates  on  the 
Ground  Limestone.  I  think  it  would  also  be  well  to 
mention  the  fact  that  the  Ground  Limestone  Department 
under  Mr.  Edison's  direction,  1b  Bimply  being  run  to 
break  even,  and  the  profit  on  the  Ground  Limestone  is 
being  used  to  cover  the  expense  of  the  personal  inter¬ 
views  with  the  farmers,  and  if  the  railroads  make  Buch 
rates  that  the  farmers  can  buy  the  material  in  quantity 
and  increase  our  tonnage,  that  we  are  fully  prepared  to 
make  a  reduction  in  existing  prices  for  the  Ground  Lime¬ 
stone,  and  do  our  share  with  the  railroads  in  permitting 
the  farmer  to  get  this  necessary  material  at  the  minimum 
cost,  and  encourage  him  to  use  the  maximum  quantity  of  it. 

YourB  very  truly, 


WSM-KBS 
ENCLOSURE:-  2 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Telegraph.  Freight  and  Pt 


o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 


Dear  Mr.  Edist 


^  Jsf  i 


r  -1'  & 

I  understand  that  a  Committee  has  (_ 

appointed  by  the  North  American  Portland  Cement  Co. ^ 
composed  of  Messrs.  Lober  and  Gerstell,  to  conf  AgTwilh  ^  r 
you  relative  to  the  appeal  in  the  Long  Kiln  suit.  U 

From  a  short  talk  I  had  with  Mr.  Gerstell, 
I  am  under  the  impression  that  the  North  American  Co.  do 
not  want  to  spend  any  more  money  in  this  patent  litigation, 
and  I  believe  that  it  is  probable  they  will  be  willing  to 


re-assign  to  you  full  ownership  to  your  Long  Kiln  Patent 
provided  you  will  pay  the  expenses  of  the  appeal. 

It  will  probably  be  some  days  before 
the  Committee  wait  on  you,  as  the  Alpha  Co.  had  a  serious 
accident  at  their  No.  2  Mill  at  Alpha.  Their  main  engine 
of  about  1500  H.P. ,  having  a  rope  drive  pulley,  got  away 
from  them  and  the  fly-wheel  burst,  breaking  their  main 
steam  pipe,  killing  two  men,  wrecking  the  engine  room, 
and  also  putting  their  Packing  Dept,  out  of  commiBBion. 

Mr.  Gerstell  told  me  that  it  would  probably  be  a  month,  and 
possibly  longer,  before  they  would  be  able  to  operate  thf 
mill  again.  Yours  very  truly,  ^^V^'^^ent 


Imotu 


Dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft:- 

Jlr.  Mallory  has  referred  to  the 
writer,  yours  of  the  13th,  in  referenoe  to  enolosing  letter 
from  Mr.  X.  F.  loree.  President  of  the  D.  &  H.  R.  R.  Company, 
and  in  reply  would  Btate  that  we  have  looked  all  through  the 
files  and  are  unable  to  looate  the  letter,  and  the  stenographer 
who  wrote  the  letter  is  positive  that  he  attached  it  to  Mr. 
Mallory's  letter  of  the  6th,  which  you  will  note  is  marked 
in  the  lower  left  hand  oorner, "enclosure".  All  enclosures 
are  double  oheoked  in  our  mailing  department.  If,  however, 
we  should  run  across  this  letter,  wo  will  forward  it  to  you. 

Yours  very  truly, 


ESB-FS 


July  10,  1913. 


Ur.  K.  I’eycr, 

'igr.  of  Uales, 

Hew  York,  IJ.  Y. 

Dear  Sir:- 

DoubtlesB  you  hare  recoiled  the  (sta¬ 
tistical  sheet  which  was  mailed  last  night, p>ut  as  you 
do  net  have  the  statistics  of  production  and  stock  on  hand, 

I  am  giving  them  to  you  herewith: - 

1’HODUCTIOH:-  Using  our  percentage,  which  I 
have  already  given  you,  wo  could  have  manufactured  870,800 
barrels  up- to  July  1st.  V/e  have  actually  manufactured 
772,000  barrels,  consequently  we  are  well  within  our  balance 
on  production. 


SHIPUr.i’TQ:-  On  the  percentage  basis,  we 
should  have  shipped  777,500  barrels;  whereas,  we  have  actually 
shipped  632,000  barrels.  To  have  been  exactly  in  balance 
and  on  the  same  basis  as  for  the  past  three  years,  we  should 
have  shipped  23'.'  more. 

Figuring  the  June  shipments,  we  should 
have  shipped  172,800  barrelo,  whereas,  we  shipped  145,000, 
showing  that  we  should  have  shipped  a  little  over  18;'  more 
than  we  did.  This  is  a  better  showing  than  we  made  in  Fay, 


and  I  sincerely  trust  that  before  the  end  of  the  year 
our  shipments  trill  be  sufficiently  large  to  put  us  in 
balance  on  our  shipments,  ho  not  forget  that  the  writer 
is  willing  to  aid  your  Department  in  any  woy  he  possibly 
can,  and  is  ready  at  any  time  to  discuss  with  you  any 
suggestions  which  you  believe  will  enable  us  to  get  our 
fair  proportion  of  the  existing  business. 

STOCK  on  HAND:-  On  the  percentage 
basis,  v/e  could  have  234,700  barrels,  whereas,  our  actual 
stock  is  160,400  barrelB,  showing  that  we  are  in  balance 
with  considerable  to  spare. 

Yours  very  truly, 


President . 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


of  July  12th,  in  which  he  aslce  for  an  interview  with  you 
with  the  idea  of  taking  over  the  output  of  our  Mill,  or 
a  portion  thereof,  and  answering  your  question:  "Why  did 
Churchill  go,  and  how  about  this  proposition",  would  state 
that  it  is  my  opinion  that  this  proposition  is  not  made 
in  good  faith,  but  is  intended  as  a  slap  at  Mr.  Meyer. 

Churchill  wbb  with  Pilling  &  Crane  when 
they  were  selling  our  product,  and  we  took  him  over  when 
we  assumed  the  sales  ourselves.  He  is  a  good  salesman, 
but  unfortunately  for  the  past  two  years  has  had  a  very 
exaggerated  case  of  "swelled  head",  during  which  period 
I  have  had  occasion  two  or  three  times  to  straighten  out 
differences  between  Mr.  Meyer  and  himself,  and  the  firBt 
knowledge  that  I  had  that  he  was  intending  to  leave  our 
Company  was  the  reoeipt  of  his  resignation. 

After  leaving  us,  he  made  an  arrangement 
with  Bernard,  who  was  our  former  Boston  manager,  and  this 
arrangement  did  not  last  very  long,  then  he  started  in  for 
himself,  and  I  would  Judge  that  he  haB  not  been  successful 


for  himself,  otherwise  he  would  not  have  made  the  new 
arrangement  with  Leprestre  &  Co.,  who,  by  the  way,  I 
find  have  no  rating  either  in  Dun's  or  Bradstreet' s. 

I  am  sending  for  reports,  and  when  they  are  reoeived 
I  will  show  them  to  you. 

Prom  my  knowledge  of  Churchill,  he 
does  not  have  the  ability  to  handle  our  product,  and  in 
my  Judgment  it  would  be  a  great  mistake  for  you  to  pay 
any  attention  to  his  letter,  as  whatever  reply  you  might 
make  he  would  use  for  trading  purposes,  same  as  he  has 
e  letters,  copies  of  which  he  attaches  to  his  letter 
to  you.  You  will  note  that  he  quotes  a  letter  of  Feb.  5th, 
1910,  written  by  Ur.  Ueyer  to  myself.  ThiB  letter  was 
written  after  I  had  had  an  interview  with  Ueyer,  in  which 
1  had  suggested  to  him  the  advisability  of  our  Company 
trying  to  obtain  the  services  of  some  well-known  New  York 
salesman,  who  could  handle  the  large  contracts  for  us, 
even  though  we  had  to  pay  him  a  considerable  salary,  on 
the  theory  that  the  selling  cost  of  a  man  who  could  bring 
us  large  contracts  would  be  smaller  per  barrel  than  some 
of  our  other  men.  Ur.  Ueyer  did  not  approve  of  the  suggestion 
and  wrote  me  the  letter  of  Peb.  5th  relative  to  Churohill, 
with  the  idea  of  giving  him  the  opportunity  to  grow,  and 
oertainly  not  expecting  that  Churchill  would  use  it  in 


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auch  a  way  as  he  le  doing  at  present. 

Relative  to  the  letter  of  March  4th, 

1912,  in  which  I  wrote  Churchill  congratulating  him  on 
obtaining  the  lowest  selling  cost  of  any  office  for  1911. 
would  state  that  this  record  had  been  held  for  1908.  1909, 
and  1910  by  our  Philadelphia  Office,  and  similar  letters 
were  written  each  year  to  this  office.  This  has  been  my 
custom  for  the  last  four  or  five  years,  trying  to  create 
competition  with  one  office  against  the  other. 

Relative  to  the  statement  showing  barrels 
shipped  in  1909,  1910,  1911  and  1912,  without  in  the  least 
wishing  to  detract  from  Churchill's  ability  as  a  salesman, 
it  is  only  fair  to  say  that  as  manager  of  the  Hew  York  office 
he  had  the  opportunity  of  handling  all  our  large  inquiries, 
and  that  he  also  obtained  credit  for  sales  for  which  he  was 
only  partly  responsible.  Por  instance,  take  the  D.L.&  W. 
business  that  we  have  received.  I,  personally,  have  probably 
had  more  to  do  with  the  proportion  of  the  D.L.&  W-  business 
that  we  have  received  than  any  other  man,  the  entire  ship¬ 
ments,  however,  having  been  credited  to  Churchill. 

Take  the  case  of  the  cement  we  are 
supplying  for  the  New  York  Aqueduct  work.  Mason  did  the 
preliminary  work  on  these  contracts,  for  the  reason  that 
the  two  contractors  to  whom  we  made  sales  are  relatives 


of  Mason's.  After  Mason  had  gotten  the  negotiation  started, 
he  called  Churchill  in,  who  closed  the  contraote. 

I  have  thought  over  a  good  deal,  your 
question  you  asked  when  I  last  saw  you  as  to  why  our 
Selling  Department  was  not  obtaining  for  us  our  proportion 
of  existing  shipments,  when  you  had  been  repeatedly ^told 
that  we  had  such  a  strong  selling  organization,  an$said 
that  evidently  there  was  a  weakness  somewhere  and  we  ought 
to  locate  it  and  apply  the  remedy  at  the  earliest  possible 
moment.  X  told  you  of  the  arrangement  that  we  had  made  on 
the  graduated  wage  scale  basis,  also  the  fact  that  we  had 
supplied  a  number  of  our  salesmen  with  Ford  automobiles, 
and  also  as  to  the  books  covering  the  "Knack  of  Selling", 
which  I  have  recently  sent  to  all  the  salesmen  with  a 
personal  letter,  and  I  have  tried  to  analyze  the  situation 
to  try  and  find  the  fundamental  reasons  of  this  Department's 
failure  to  get  our  proportion  of  the  existing  shipments,  and 
while  I  am  not  as  yet  prepared  to  finally  admit  it,  it  Beams 
to  me  that  our  selling  force  in  the  past  have  probably  made 
the  mistake  of  selling  our  product  by  making  the  lowest 
market  prices,  which  in  a  measure  possibly  has  given  us  the 
reputation  of  being  a  low  price  cement.  What  I  mean  is  this 
Take  this  time  last  year,  the  market 
price  waB  65/,  whereas  our  Company  were  meeting  the  prices 


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which  the  "buyers  reported  as  being  made  by  some  of  the 
other  Companies,  and  we  made  sales  at  less  than  65^. 

Prom  reliable  information  which  I  have  been  able  to  obtain 
in  the  last  few  months,  I  find  that  our  average  selling 
price  for  1912  was  less  than  that  of  the  Atlas,  Alpha, 
Lehigh,  Vulcanite  and  Dexter  Cos.,  consequently  it  is 
probable  that  our  salesmen  in  the  past  have  depended  upon 
priee-outting  to  obtain  certain  business  for  us,  and  have 
neglected  using  other  points  of  salesmanship,  and  now  that 
I  will  not  permit  any  cutting  in  the  market  price,  they 
are  temporarily  handicapped  in  their  endeavor  to  get  our 
share.  X,  however,  feel  sure  that  we  will  pullout  of  this 
situation  and  will  get  our  percentage  of  the  existing 
shipments. 

I  have  authorized  Ur.  Meyer  to  expend 
more  money  in  advertising.  I  am  planning  to  have  a  personal 
interview  with  all  our  salesmen  within  the  next  three  weeks, 
going  to  each  of  the  three  offices  on  the  next  three  Satur¬ 
days,  and  it  is  my  expectation  to  spend  more  time  with  the 
Selling  Department  than  I  have  been  doing  in  the  past, 
and  I  will  continue  to  send  you  eaoh  month  the  monthly 
results,  so  you  can  see  whether  or  not  we  are  making 
progress  in  solving  this  problem. 

I  am  forwarding  to  Mr.  Meyer  the 


Churohill  correspondence,  and  also  copy  of  this  letter, 
and  will  return  it  to  you  as  soon  as  it  is  received  hack 
from  Mr .  Meyer . 

YourB  very  truly, 


'"VY'Sf'V\^otAS-<rv 

President . 


>&£cta( 

The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


ob,  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J. 


IIs' 


is,  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 

July  16,  1913. 


Dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

Your  correspondence  with  the  railroads 
is  evidently  tearing  fruit,  as  yesterday  we  received  an 
order  from  the  Lehigh  Valley  R.  R.  for  eleven  tons  of 
the  Ground  Limestone,  to  he  shipped  one  ton  each  to  their 
eleven  agricultural  experimenters.  Evidently  they  have 
decided  to  test  the  matter  out  thoroughly. 

Yours  very  truly, 


President./  \ 


WSM-RBS 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 

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Asst.  Trcai.  P.  O.  ADDRESS.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 


Mr .  W.  H.  Meadowcroft, 

Edison  Laboratory, 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Lear  Sir:- 

You  will  remember  that~~bn  JuljT  2nd,  l 
Mr.  Edison  received  from  Mr.  Richard  H.  Edmonds,  Editor/ 
and  Gen.  Mgr.  of  The  Manufacturers  Record,  Baltimore,  Md.^ 
a  letter  stating  that  a  large  manufacturer  oflimeTIad 
seen  a  letter  from  Mr.  Edison  to  Vice  Presidend  Randolph 
of  the  B .&  O.R.R.,  relative  to  the  larger  use  of  lime  in 
Europe,  and  asking  Mr.  Edison  to  write  an  article  on  the 
sub J  ect . 


Will  you  please  advise  Mr.  Edmonds 
that  Mr.  Edison  is  too  busy  at  present  on  some  special  work 
to  take  the  matter  up,  but  just  as  soon  as  thiB  special 
work  is  over,  while  he  would  not  take  the  time  to  write 
an  article,  that  he  will  be  willing  to  arrange  for  an 
interview. 


Mr.  Edison  said  yesterday  that  he  did 
not  want  to  have  the  interview  Just  at  present,  as  he  was 
too  much  rushed  in  other  matters,  and  then  in  the  meantime 
we  will  prepare  a  lot  of  dope  for  him,  so  to  make  the 
interview  much  more  effective. 


-2- 


Please  send  me  a  carton  copy  of  your 
letter  to  Mr.  Edmonds,  and  then  after  the  first  of 
September  we  will  take  the  matter  up  again.  Another 
reason  I  want  to  delay  is,  X  do  not  want  to  be  in  the 
position  of  apparently  trying  to  force  the  hands  of 
the  railroads  while  the  freight  rate  question  is  pending 
Yours  very  truly. 


President./ 


WSM-RBS 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


on.  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J. 

o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 


July  22,  1913.  ms 


Ur.  V/.  H.  Ueaduwcroft , 

Edison  laboratory , 

Orange,  H. J. 

Dear  Sir:- 


■C 


Replying  to  your  memorandum  in  regerdHu  ^ 
letter  from  Mr.  Fred  H.  Schiffler.  I  think  that  Mr. / 
is  referring  to  a  "Cahall"  boiler  which  we  bought  a^(^we  / 
had  installed  the  first  three  Climax  boilers^  This  boiler^^ 
is  still  in  use  at  the  Dower  Plant.  WS  have  no  other  boilers  J 


in  our  plant  except  < 


s  double  Cahall  and  eight  Climax. 
Yours  very  truly, 

THE  EDI SOU  PORT LAUD  CEMEHT  CC. , 

Superintendent. 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


P.o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE.  N.  J. 


August  27,  1913. 


Mr.  H.  7.  Miller, 


Edison  Laboratory, 


ittcd  Q 


My  dear  Harry 

On  Dec.  14th,  1909,  we  shipped  to 
the  Edison  Laboratory,  via  freight,  two  concrete  mixers. 


One  Mo.  2,  1906  model,  Ransome  Concrete  Mixer. 
One  No.  4,  1906  model,  Ransome  Concrete  Mixer. 


for,  being  kept  < 


These  items  have  never  been  charged 
a  memorandum  charge. 

In  connection  with  the  new  concrete  i 


proposition,  it  will  be  necessary  for  us  to  have  two 
Crete  mixere,  and  if  these  mixere  are  not  in  use,  I  w 
you  would  arrange  to  have  them  returned  to  us  as  prom 


I  assume  that  due  to 
s  not  in  bb  good  condition  as  when  we  i 
u  can  either  put  them  in  good  conditio: 


it  due  to  use  they  probably 
when  we  shipped  them'  to  you 
condition  before  returning 


them,  or  we  will  do  so  on  their  reoeipt  here,  charging  the 
esjjjtnse  to  you.  Doubtless  Mr.  Bachman  can  tell  you  all  about 


Your*  wy 

President. 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 

NEW  VILLAGE,  N.  J.  PHIl»DEwTO'l«.,MS^i|jjjj|i 

address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 

September  19,  1913.  .  / 

,/V 

You  will  remember  that  some  time  ago  j 
I  advised  you  that  unless  something  unexpected  should  / 

happen  that  I  hoped  to  be  able  to  finance  our  requirement/ 
up  to  December  1st. 


The  unexpected  thing  which  has  happened, 
however,  is  the  request  made  by  the  Second  National  Bank  to 
pay  off  two-thirds  of  their  notes,  which  will  call  for 
approximately  $20,000.00  more  than  I  have  figured,  and  if 
shipments  should  continue  to  be  disappointing  and  collections 
are  below  my  estimate,  it  may  be  necessary  after  awhile  for 
me  to  ask  for  a  little  help.  Please  note  that  I  am  not 
asking  for  it  at  this  time,  but  merely  preparing  you  in 


case  it  should  be  necessary  later  on. 

Paying  the  coupons  on  October  lBt  and 
also  paying  off  $30,000.00  in  Warehouse  and  bank  notes 
during  this  month  is  going  to  reduce  our  bank  balance  to 
practically  nothing  before  the  end  of  the  month,  end  in 
view  of  our  loans.  X  do  not  think  this  is  a  wise  thing  to  do. 
If  you  can  arrange  it.  I  would  like  to  borrow  $20,000.00 


for  about  sixty  days,  simply  to  be  deposited  in  our 
banks  to  keep  our  bank  balance  from  being  wiped  out. 

I  will  agree  not  to  use  this  money  in  the  payment  of 
any  of  our  bills,  and  will  return  $10,000.00  to  you  in 
October  and  the  balance  in  November. 

If  this  is  satisfactory  to  you,  please 
0.  K.,  so  I  can  deliver  it  to  Harry  and  have  him  forward 
check  to  Hr.  Horne,  so  he  can  deposit  it  at  once. 


Yours  very  truly, 


"X/V^TVVwOI^JLio-y 'a/ 
President ./  \ 


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The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


«■.  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J. 

Newark!  n.  J.\  '  6L  Jnmci  J!j ;J  K ■ .  N.  Y. 

3.  STEWARTSVILLE.  N.  J.  M‘“"  MO  “  ,un"  g' 


Nov ember  13,  1913. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison 

Edison  laboratory 
Orange, 

Dear  Sir:- 


Replying  to  your  note  in  regard  to  tube  mills, 
I  enclose  herewith  a  letter  from  the  luther  Manufacturing  Comp 
pany,  Olean,  N.Y. ,  who  have  the  only  second-hand  tube  mills 
in  this  vioinity  that  we  can  locate.  They  also  have  a 
Korainuter  which  is  a  sort  of  ball  mill  for  taking  stone  3"  or 
4"  in  diameter  and  preparing  it  for  feeding  the  tube  mills. 

Yours  very  truly, 

THE  EDISON  PORTLAND  CEMENT  C CMP ANY, 

fr*'  ’  ;  y 


Superint  endent . 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


a.  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J.  r„a»ojy.r,u». pa., Arc. d.n 
>  Hum: 

».  STEWARTSVILLE.  N.  J. 

December  2,  1913. 


Mr.  m.  H.  Meadowcroft, 

Edison  Laboratory, 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Meadowcroft : - 

Since  talking  with  you  relative  to 
Christmas  tree  for  Mrs.  Edison,  would  state  that. I  have 
taken  the  matter  up  with  our  people,  and  I  believe  that  we 
will  be  able  to  get  her  one  which  I  trust  will  be  satisfactory. 

Our  people  want  to  know  the  outside 
limits  of  the  tree  she  can  use.  That  is,  if  the  tree  is  to 
be  put  in  her  home,  we  will  have  to  know  the  approximate 
height  of  the  ceiling.  If  it  is  to  be  used  in  some  large^room, 
then  if  she  will  advise  about  how  she  would  like  it,  we  will 
try  then  to  see  if  we  cannot  secure  a  tree  of  about  the  size 
she  names.  Also  please  ask  whether  she  wants  a  tree-with  the 
branches  spread  out  wide,  or  one  where  the  branches  grow 
closer  together. 

V/e  have  in  mind  getting  what  is  known 
as  the  Single  Spruce  tree.  These  will  be  all  right  as  to  size, 
hut  one  objection  to  them  is  that  after  they  are  cut  the  spruce 
dries  and  drops  off  much  quicker  than  from  the  Balsam  trees 
which  come  from  Maine.  I  would  suggest  that  when  you  have 


this  information  you  telephone  it,  bo  that  we  can  start  o' 
people  out  to  locate  the  tree  as  early  as  possible. 

Yours  very  truly, 

-XA^TVV^oJ-SUj-r. 

President 


ESB-RBS 


iworu 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


*,  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J.  pmiwm ,r. ... Arcrfej 

BoiroKffrAM.'.’  PMtOffi 

is.  STEWARTSVILLE.  N.  J. 

Decembe^  13,  1913. 


Dear  Mr.  Edison :- 

I  have  just  returned  from  New  York,  where 
I  spent  all  of  this  week  at  the  Annual  Ueetini/of  the  Assoc¬ 
iation  of  American  Portland  Cement  Manufacturers.  We  had 
one  of  the  best  meetings  that  we  have  ever  ha J,  both  in 
attendance,  interest  and  work  accomplished,  and  I  feel  that 
I  am  safe  in  saying  that  the  members  realize  more  fully 
than  ever  before  the  necessity  of  manufacturing  in  relation 
to  the  demand,  instead  of  doing  as  they  have  done  in  the  past, 
manufacturing  with  the  idea  of  making  a  low  manufacturing 
cost  independent  of  the  demand. 

A  very  interesting  fact  which  was  developed 
was  the  probability  that  the  concrete  roads  which  will  be 
put  down  in  all  territory  East  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  and 
will  require  about  8,000,000  barrels  of  cement,  or  approx¬ 
imately  9%  of  our  shipments.  The  Association  this  coming 
year  will  spend  about  $100,000.00,  of  which  60%  will  be 
spent  on  the  concrete  road  proposition,  as  we  all  realize 
that  this  is  the  biggest  new  field  in  which  we  have  to  work. 
By  concrete  roads,  I  mean  all  roads  and  streets,  including 


those  which  are  put  down  with  a  concrete  base,  and  other 
materials  for  tops,  as  well  as  all  concrete  roads. 

Yours  very  truly, 


President,; 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


O.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 

Decei/iher  13,  1913. 


Dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

For  some  time  past  the  rook  in  Ko.  2 
Quarry  has  been  very  disappointing,  and  has  had  so  much 
clay  in  it  at  times  that  it  has  become  necessary  to  wash 
a  considerable  part  of  it.  This,  in  addition  to  the  rock 
from  Ho.  1  Quarry  also  containing  clay,  has  put  a  consider¬ 
able  additional  amount  of  work  both  on  our  Washing  Plant 
and  Dryers,  with  result  that  if  we  had  been  attempting  to 
run  our  ten  kilns  this  Pall  there  would  have  been  times 
we  could  not  have  done  so  for  the  lack  of  raw  material. 

In  fact,  at  times  we  have  been  compelled  to  send  raw 
material  to  the  Chalk  Plant  which  has  been  too  high  in 
moisture  to  work  well  in  the  Chalk  Plant.  All  this  has 
increased  our  cost,  and  is  a  problem  which  must  be  solved 
as  far  as  the  future  is  concerned. 

During  the  Pall  we  have  done  some  consi¬ 
derable  prospecting,  and  have  now  reached  the  point  where 
it  is  quite  necessary  to  go  into  details  with  you  relative 
to  the  quarry  proposition,  and  I  would  appreciate  it  if  you 
would  appoint  some  day  next  week  when  Mason,  Kiefer,  Moses 


and  myself  can  ccme  to  Orange  and  you  will  arrange  to 
give  us  the  necessary  time  to  go  into  this  matter  fully. 
We  can  arrange  to  arrive  at  the  Laboratory  either  about 
10:00  A.M.  or  4:00  p.K.,  as  you  prefer.  Will  you,  there 
fore,  please  appoint  a  time  which  will  best  suit  your 
convaience. 

YourB  very  truly. 


Presidenl 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Tdsgi.ph.  Freight  .nd  P.M«nger  St 


P1I1LA £E£PIIIA,  PA., Arcade tnl 


HItIT  O.  adurbss,  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 

December  17,  191^*' 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Meadoworoft, 

Edison  laboratory. 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft:-  ^  - 

I  have  your  letter  of  the  16th, 

in  reference  to  Christms  tree  for  Mrs.  Edison,  and  beg 
to  advise  this  tree  will  go  forward  to  Mrs.  Edison,  by 
express  from  Oxford,  H.  J.  tomorrow,  December  18th,  at 
12.64.  The  tree  is  24  ft.  high,  and  while  X  have  not 
seen  it,  onr  Quarry  Superintendent  advises  that  it  is  as 
pretty  as  any  he  has  ever  seen.  After  the  tree  is  received, 
if  you  see  it,  I  would  like  to  have  your  opinion  as  to 
whether  the  tree  really  is  satisfactory,  and  is  a  good 
specimen. 

I  was  in  Hew  York  the  latter  part 
Of  last  week,  and  inquired  as  to  prices  from  a  nurseryman 
at  Jersey  Oity.  who  agreed  to  furnish  a  Norway  Spruce  23 
to  25  ft.  tall,  for  twelve  to  fourteen  dollars.  This  for 
your  information  and  guidance  in  case  you  are  plaoed  in 
the  same  position  again,  and  the  tree  which  X  have  arranged 
to  ship  you  iB  not  satisfactory. 


Wishing  yon 


the  SeaBon'B  compliments 


X  beg  to  remain, 


BSB-FS 


Yours  very  truly. 


?*  S’  pieaBe,  note  that  the  tree 
will  be  sewed  up  in  burlap,  and  I 
have  issued  instruotionB  to  our 
Superintendent  at  Oxford  to  see  to 
it  that  expreas  ohargeB  are  prepaid. 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


*  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J. 


a.  STEW  ARTS  VILLE,  N.  J. 


Ur.  Wm.  H.  Headowcroft 

Edison  Laboratory 
Orange 


Dear  Ur.  Ueadoworoft:- 

The  Christmas  tree  for  Ure.  Edison 
went  forward  today  on  the  13. detrain  from  Oxford,  and  by 
epeclal  arrangement  with  the  Superintendent  of  the  Rail¬ 
road  Co.,  the  train  will  atop  at  Weet  Orange,  eo  the  tree 
can  be  unloaded. 

The  tree  weighed  300  lba.  and  the 
expreasage  thereon  amounted  to  43.60,  which  ia  100  lba. 
leaa  than  our  eatimate.  Our  actual  expense ,  therefore, 
amounta  to  considerably  leaa  than  the  eatimate  which  1 


gave  you  aome  time  ago . 


Yours  very  truly, 


Secretary  to  President. 


luoru 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Suiion.  NEW  VILLAGE,  N. 


Ur.  W.  H.  Meadoworoft., 

Edison  Laboratory., 

Orange,  II.  J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Meadoworoft; - 

On  Tuesday,  January  Cth,  we  will 
have  our  Annual  meeting  of  all  the  heads  of  the  different 
Departments  of  the  Cement  Company  and  our  entire  saleB  force 
at  which  we  discusB  the  various  matters  of  interest  to  us, 
together  with  our  1914  selling  policy  and  I  have  Ur.  Edison's 
permission  to  hold  the  meeting  this  year  at  the  Laboratory, 
as  many  of  our  salesmen  have  never  had  the  opportunity  of 
meeting  Mr.  Edison. 

I  have  written  Ur.  V/ilson  asking  permission 
to  hold  our  meeting  in  the  room  where  the  talking  pictures  are 
exhibited  and  would  like  to  have  our  lunch  in  the  Library. 

There  will  be  about  forty  in  our  party  and  I  am  writing  Mr. 
Miller  today  asking  him  to  arrange  for  the  lunch.  Mr.  Edison 
has  promised  to  tuke  lunch  with  us  and  meet  all  our  boys, 
and  we  will  be  very  glad  to  have  you  Join  ub.  I  am  writing 
Mr.  Hutchinson  asking  him  to  Join  us  and  would  suggest  that 
you  arrange  to  have  a  new  disc  phonograph  in  the  Library 
with  some  up-to-date  selections  so  that  the  boys  can  all 
hear  the  new  phonograph  while  we  are  having  lunch.  In  this 


way  we  will  not  interfer  with  the  work  of  Ur.  Udiuon  and 
the  rent  to  any  great  extent. 

I  hope  Hr.  Edison's  engagements  can  he  so 
arranged  that  he  will  be  able  to  give  us  the  necessary 
time  for  luncheon.  I  will  appreciate  your  doing  this 
for  us. 

Trusting  you  may  have  a  Happy  and  Prosperous 
Hew  Year,  with  my  kindest  regards,  I  am. 

Yours  very  truly, 


WSli-DSW 


Ken  and  materials  are  placed  in  this 
world  to  give  service ;  and  tiie  men  connected 
with  the  Concrete  industry  have  the  satisfac¬ 
tion  of  knowing  that  they  have  a  material 
which  gives  permanent  service  and  one  whoso 
practical  and  artistic  use  is  sure  to  rapidly 
increase  from  year  to  year. 


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Kingman  Kern  of  the  National  League  of  American  Pen  Women  enclosing 
resolutions  denouncing  the  "pernicious  influence"  of  the  comic  supplements 
in  the  Sunday  newspapers.  Also  included  is  a  letterfrom  Frederick  H.  Cowles, 
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Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison , 

Valley  Road, 

W.  Orange,  N..T. 

Rear  Sirt- 

I  am  an  instructor  free  hand  drawing  in  the  Vocational 
School  for  hoys,  whioh  is  r-art  of  the  New  York  City  public  school 
system.  Six  of  my  classes  are  composed  of  boys  who  are  studying 
wiring  and  installation  and  other  branches  of  electricity.  Although 
my  room  seats  but  forty,  I  sometimes  have  more  than  ninety  in  the 
room  at  once,  which  makes  it  absolutely  necessary,  therefore,  that  I 
interest  the  pupils  very  deeply  ^ryjQ&ieir  work  in  order  to  accomplish 
anything  at  all  with  them.  „.-,<D&reforo  may  I  ask  a  letter  from  you 
be  it  ever  so  brief. 

Do  you  think  free  hand  drawing  would  bo  of  any  benefit  to 
'  an  electrician9  Ro  you  ever  in  your  work  make  ubo  of  free  hand 

drawing  or  if  you  do  not,  have  you*ever  felt  the  need  of  such  ability? 
Even  if  you  Bhould  feel  that  the  ability  of  making  rapid  free  hand 
sketches, in  other  words,  to  be  able  to  talk  with  your  pencil,  is  of 
no  benefit  whatsoever  to  an  electrician,  your  opinion  would  neverthe¬ 
less  be  very  Valuable. 

Thanking  you  very  much  for  a  reply,  T  remain 
Sincerely  yourB, 


^  si 

C,  ULrt**~*+*- — Y 


iBoarb  of  EimrutUm  nf  tip  Siatrut  of  fflolumbia 


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m.  d»».o.o»  /  j\ f'  ^1825  F  Street  1I.V;.  >jf|ray/3,  1913. 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  EdisonV  S  .  ^ 

Oxa»B«,  ».V_^  ^  } 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison:  ^  \  * 

As  a  club  woman  of  Washington,  D.C.,  l| think  I  am  expressing 
the  oninion  of  a  large  number  of  our  best  women  wken  I  assure  you  that 
we  feel  genuine  regret  at  Mrs.  Ilsen's  contemplated  departure  from  our 
oity^We^feela  defp  indebtedness  for  all  that  she  has  given  o  us  in 
her7°-enerous  entertainments  with  the  Diamond  Disc,  and  would  like  o 
£ave°you  know  that  we  feel  much  indebted  to  you  for  sending  her  to  us 
The  music  she  has  given  ub  has  fostered  and  increased  our  love  for  the 
very  best,  while  her  charming  manner  and  gentle  ways  haVfcmade  us  all 
her  friends.^^  ^  ^  add  to  my  appreoiation  of  what  you  have  sent  us 
in  music  and  in  talking  pictures,  a  suggestive  thought  which  came  to  me 
recently  That  you  establish  in  Washington  a  model,  educational  moving 
picture  theatre  for  sohool  children,  where  all  branches  such  as  geogra- 
ehy.  literature,  science,  nature  studies  eto.  may  be  taught  by  the  use 
of  moving  pictures,  sometimes  accompanied  by  informal  talks  upon  the 
subjectsSp?esSd:  Such  a  theatre  would  be  visited  by  every  school  child 
in  the  oity  as  well  as  by  many  adults,  and  all  antiquated  methods  of 
teaching  these  subjects  would  have  to  retire  from  the  field. 

As  an  experienced  school  teacher,  before  I  married  and  left 
the  sohool  room  some  ten  years  ago,  I  rebelled  against  the  brain  dulling 
methods  of  the  geography  text  books,  and  was  so  fortunate  as  to  be  al¬ 
lowed  to  teach  by  a  travel  method  worked  out  mostly  by  myself .later 
going  to  Europe  to  study  my  routes  at  first  hand.  I  also  had  the  temer¬ 
ity  about  that  time  to  write  two  juvenile  books  in  the  little  Journey 
series,  one  being  about  Alaska  and  the  other  about  Australia  but  as  I 
did  them  before  I  had  fully  worked  out  my  thought,  they  do  not  really 
represent  my  work  in  that  line.  ,  ,  ,  ,  . 

P  That  I  am  interested  in  children  and  in  what  pictures  can  do 

for  them  is  indicated  by  the  inclosed  copy  of  resolutions,  which  I  care¬ 
fully  wrote  and  used  as  a  slogan  in  my  efforts  to  improve  the  colored 
supplements  in  the  Sunday  newspapers.  I  nave  found  most  editors  quite^ in 
sympathy  with  the  ideas  therin  expressed,  and  have  been  asxed  tospeax  on 
this  subject  before  more  than  fifty  organizations,  always  receiving  the 
indorsement  of  thought  of  establishing  in  the  capital  city 

a  moving  picture  theatre  for  children  ,  with  the  idea  of  reaching  chil¬ 
dren  in~"other  cities,  is  worthy  of  your  valuable  consideration,  my  po¬ 
sition  in  educational  circles  is  such  that  1  think  I  could  guarantee  the 


*2- 


Buarii  nf  Eimrattmi  of  tip  Bistrirt  of  fflohtmbia 


the  eoitdial  support  of  the  parents  of  this  city,  and 


_ _.i  interest  radia- 

would  care  to  reach.  I.fy  experi- 


tinp  from  here  to  as  many  cities  as  you  would  care  to  reach.  ,,y  expei 
enoe  in  the  colored  supplement  work  leads  me  to  say  this  to  jou  with 

confidence.^  ^  woman  interested  in  the  education  and  general  welfare  of 
children  I  7/ill  state  that  I  would  like  to  see  a  moving  picture  out¬ 
fit  and* a  Diamond  Disc  music  producer  in  EVERY  school  house  inthe 
United  States.  It  is  some  thing  which  can  he  done.  Would  you  like  to  do 
this  for  the  children  of  America?  And  if  I  can  satisfy  you  of  my  ability 
in  this  particular  direction,  would  you  like  to  have  me  help  you  to  do 


it? 


Sincerely  yours, 


(lira.  Josiah  Quincy  Kern) 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


Resolutions  Adopted  by  the  League  of  Ameriean  Pen  Women 
for  the  Improvement  ^SuppwaiW  Comie  Supplements 

At  1  meeting  of  tlic  League  of  American  Pen  Women  held  at 
"”ek^ 

^^rSSSSSSSS^ 

upon  whose  training  depends  the  quality  01  our 

UP0'w,’”au™  We  bebeve  from  observation,  experience,  and  report 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


THE  WASHINGTON  HERALD.  TUESDAY,  13,  X0.13. 


REFORM  IN  HANDLING 
INDIAN  AFFAIRS  NEEDED 

Mrs.  Laura  C.  Kellogg,  a  Member  of 
Oneida  Tribe,  Lectures 
Here. 


Might,  X  ask  your  advica  in  t,hn  mat, tor,  as  it,  involves  my  futuro 
ir  failure  throughout  my  life  ?  ’.That  is  your  opinion  and  what 
•nuid  you  recommend  ?  The  practical  chemist  sugg< 
while  the  scientist  roconmnnded  "Boston  Tech' 

>r  could  you  suggest  another  in  preference  to 
„ou  that  an’'  advise  you  ma”  give  me" in  the  matter,  I  ’ 
confidential . 

"’hanking  you  for  so  kindly  giving  me  your  a 
for  any  further  favors  ; 


"•uccesr, 

college! 

College 


ssted  "State 
!  V.'hich  would  you 
either  ?  I  assure 
■■ill  hold  strictly 


ittentJon,  r„s  well  as 
confer  upon  me,  and  hoping  that  I  may  be  able 


TM12  l^JEMJWMTTIT  COMKWfT 

MAT13 15  1513 C'.TffMulTIONiVXD  (iKNE  1CAL  MA?nH!iVT IOX 


NKwYoKitganta 


Barbara  California, Nov. 


Hr.  ThomaB  A.  Edison, 
Orange  ,New  Jersey. 


14/13 


Dear  Ur.  Edison, 

The  writer  is  a  son  of  Ur.  Alfred  A.  Cowles  former 
President  of  the  Ansonia  Brass  and  Copper  Co.  now  a  part  of  the 

American  Brass  Oompany.  uxuttT 

I  have  been  deeply  interested  in  the  tremendous  wafcte 
through  the  destruction  by  fire,of  life  and  property  and  in  this 
connection  am  anxious  to  have  laws  onaoted  in  as  many  states  as 
possible, making  the  teaching  of  Fire  Prevention  a  part  of  the 
school  course. 

As  my  Father  has  had,for  many  yearSjthe  honor  of  your 
friendship  I  have  taken  the  liberty  to  ask  if  you  would  ^ritejno 
a  letter  endorsing  this  proposed  method  of  striking  at  the  rebyof 
this  evil  by  prevention. 

X  note  that  you  are  quoted  as  opposing  the  study  of  sex 
hygene  in  schools  where  children  are  not  old  enough  to  do  their 
own  thinking  and  will  therefoe  explain  the  simplicity  of  the  pro_ 
posed  fire  prevention  study. 


Taos  PaanEMUTTiT  Gojmn&arsr 

'WiVTlil*  ltliC'.TmfATIOSA'yil G15XE15AL  WAMTATIOX 


TI10  teachers  read  a  chapter  from  a  small  booklet  published 
and  distributed  at  the  expense  of  the  state. 

The  booklet  is  divided  into  «D  tiro  parts, one  for  primary 
scholars  and  one  for  grammar  students. 

The  chapters  are  arranged, one  for  each  sohool  ■5SS&  w?ek  with 
a  due  regard  as  to  the  fitness  of  season. 

For  instance_  at  Christmas  time  there  is  a  chapter  on  the  dangers 
of  Christmas  tree  fires.  Children  are  cautionee/  against  using 
cotton  to  represent  snow,  where  candles  are  used, and  advised  to 
use  asbestoe3  or  if  possible  where  they  can  afford  it, electric  lights. 
There  is  a  chapter  on  carlessness  with  matches.  The  parlor  match 
The  safety  match,  advising  that  matohes  should  never  be  thrown 
down  without  seeing  if  they  are  out,  advising  that  they  be  kept 
in  metal  boxes  if  not  of  the  safety  type  etc. 

A  ohapter  on  fireproofing  cotton  olothe.  A  ohapter,  on  iterosine 

&>hj> 

lamp  dangers, suoh  as  filling  lamps  at  night  ,unolean  wicks  eto. 

Kerosine  and  gasoline  stove  dangers,  Fireplaoe  and  grates, 

Defective  flues.  Chimney  fires.  Sparks.  Ash  heaps,  Spontaneous 
combustion,  from  oil  rags  in  olosets  .  Dangers  from  leaking  gaB. 

Dangers  from  defective  insulation.  Fires  from  eleotrio  light 
bulbs.  Dangers  from  hanging  lamp  oords  on  nails. 

Celluloid.  Cleaning  with  benzine,  .  Fireworks  and  so  on. 


Taos  PEiwMiT'rrr  Company 

WAT15H  lU«:TIFKuVH«S.»n>  WSMSISM*  hAMTATmX 


-  -  New  Yoke 

I  will  quote  from  the  chapter  on  eleotrMty  in  the  hook  used  by 
the  state  of  Ohio  which  is  one  of  the  six  or  seven  states  where 


this  system  is  already  in  force. 

-.a  sjsrjr5ar«ssr 

get  red  hot  and  at. art  w. xA\ bulbis  a  fine  black  thread  called  a 

r;,brSo»S““;  $L£  fsS ;  »<• 

At  each  end  of  the  thread  is  aieotrioity  must  pass  through  the 
electricity  You  ?t^°°got  tho^gh  charcoal  than 

charcoal  and  it  is  harder  so  hard  to  get  through  the 

SSSiNSTt!!  SS;  »  «**.  «■  bulb  boo““ 

so  hot  as  to  bum  anything  that  bums  readily. ^  will  ohar  it 
•  ?  r  ="  l?Ptwo  thickmessness  of  cuttain  or  muslin  stuff  be 

wrapped  arS  a  lighted  lamp  it  will  begin  to  smoke  in  three 
—  — 
fire  in  forty  five.""""" 


^^■&e3gSE&s-- 

As  over  eighty  per  cent  of  the  fires  are  caused  by 

jssar.sura®^ 

10..  s3»°ss.. 

year  and  am  now  working  on  sumiy  u  suppose  to  the  semi 

luge  aifffMgtiuBegeaiuTfWhomialU*  'Work  ,whteh  is  purely  a  labor  of 


Tans  1®13 aoaaTTiT  Co»n.%&arsr 

TIIVTIS  It  1U5 C’TIFIC'uVriOXVND  <i2i\E  15AL  WAOTTaVT 


New  Yohk 


love  as  far  as  personal  benefits  are  ooncemed  to  me, I  would 
deeply  appreciate  a  letter  whioh  I  am  sure  would  carry  weight 
when  I  appear  before  the  Boards  of  Trades,  Chambers  of  Commerce, 
School  Boards  and  other  civio  bodies  encountered  on  my  way , 

I  am  thus  preparing  a  public  sentiment  favorable  to  the  succes 
of  the  passage  of  legislation  in  this  stat  later  on. 

I  remember  when  a  verly  little  boy, sitting  in  our  parlor 
at  the  old  Van  Corlear  apartments  at  fifty  sixth  street  and 
(b roadway) and  listening  to  a  phonograph  whioh  you  gave  my  Father 

As  I  recall  it  was  the  tin  foil  that  stands  vividly  in  my 
mind  together  with  wonderment  and  fright  at  a  gruff  voice  that 
sang  "  There  was  an  old  nigger  and  hi  name  was  Uncle  Bed  and 
he  lived  long  years  ago. 

I  am  stooping  at  Rural  delivery  number  ong  in  San&t  Barbara 
California  .for  the  Vinter  wnere  a  letter  would  reaoh  me  and 
later  on  in  March  we  reurn  to  Oregon  wnere.  I  have  an  apple  and 
pear  orohard  at  Bedford.  I  am  a  fruit  farmer  you  see  on  the 
material  side  of  life  and  hope  to  be  useful  by  producing  something 

Thanking  you  in  advance  and  with  many  apologies  for 
the  great  length  of  this  letter 


With  groat  rospeot 
Yours  truly 


Edison  General  File  Series 
1913.  Electric  Light  (E-13-34) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
electric  lighting  and  power.  Included  are  items  pertaining  to  the  technical  and 
commercial  development  of  the  miner’s  safety  lamp,  a  battery-powered, 
portable  electric  lamp  for  which  Edison  was  awarded  the  Rathenau  Gold  Medal 
from  the  American  Museum  of  Safety.  Also  included  are  references  to  the 
history  of  electric  lighting  and  collections  of  historic  artifacts;  an  essay  by  A.  K. 
Baylor  opposing  government  ownership  of  municipal  utilities;  and  the  annual 
report  of  the  Edison  &  Swan  United  Electric  Light  Co.,  Ltd.  Among  the 
correspondents  are  members  of  Edison’s  technical  and  administrative  staff, 
including  Miller  Reese  Hutchison,  Harry  Lanahan,  and  William  H.  Meadowcroft. 
There  are  also  letters  from  longtime  Edison  associate  William  J.  Hammer, 
Edwin  W.  Rice,  Jr.,  and  other  representatives  of  the  General  Electric  Co.,  and 
Theodore  N.  Vail  of  the  American  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co. 

Approximately  20  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
material  not  selected  includes  specifications,  patent  applications,  and  other 
documents  relating  to  the  development  of  portable  electric  lighting  in  the  United 
States  and  abroad;  letters  of  transmittal;  and  unsolicited  correspondence 
receiving  no  substantive  reply  from  Edison. 


I 


January  14,  1913. 


Mr.  Lanahan:- 

Confirming  telephone  conversation 
of  this  day  regarding  mining  lamps: 

These  lamps  have  all  been  finished, 
detail  working  drawings  done  and  tools  being 
made  for  the  portable  type  cogsis^ing  of  the 
bap  lamp  and  the  battery  sissiSffi^the  waist 
of  the  miner. 

We  have  twelve  of  these  sets  in  op¬ 
eration  since  November  fifth  (about)  at  the 
Philadelphia  and  Reading  mines  at  Pottsville, 

Pa.  and  have  several  other  sets  in  operation 
throughout  Pennsylvania  in  the  various  coal 
mines.  None  of  these  have  been  marked  in  any 
way.  owing  to  the  fact  that  we  have  not  applied 
for  patents  and  I  considered  it  unwise  to  stamp 
anything  on  them  previous  to  the  said  applicat¬ 
ion. 

Inasmuch  as  the  Sathenau  medal  has  been 
awarded  to  Mr.  Edison  on  these  devices,  because 
of  their  value  in  conserving  human  life,  it  be¬ 
comes  necessary  very  abio  rhlvfor.  . ,,  d 

details  to  the  press  4*  enable  one  sKiiiea 
in  the  art  to  make  such  a  battery  and  cap  lamp 
if  he  felt  the  inclination  to  do  so.  At  the 
present  moment,  I  have  a  request  from  the 
Scientific  American  for  photographs  and  an 
article  on  the  subject. 

I  trust  you  will  do  everything  you 
can  to  facilitate  the  application  of  patents 
and  please  advise  me  as  to  just  what  extent 
I  can  go  ahead  on  technical  articles. 


M.  R. 


:  HI SON. 


January  15,  1913 


Mr.  Hutchison: - 

Boplying  to  your  memorandum  of  the  14th  inBt.,  the 
patent  drawings  are  being  made  for  the  applioationB  on  th9  com¬ 
bined  storage  battorios  end  lamps  used  for  mining  lampB,  and  we 
shall  go  ahead  with  the  preparation  of  those  applioationB  as 
promptly  as  possible. 

We ,.£&ve?al ready  numerous  patents  covering  inventions 
embodied  in  theeio  batterioQ  and  other  applications  have  boon 
filed.  At  least  one  of  these  applications,  namoly,  the  one  on 
the  Binall  round  battery,  eovore  a  construction  eontainod  in  the 
present  small  battery,  but  not  found  in  the  large  batteries  pre¬ 
viously  manufactured  by  the  13  tor  ago  Battery  Company.  The  oom- 
binod  batteries  ana  lamps  may  therefore  bo  marked  "Patented" . 

Phe  present  praotioe  in  regard  to  the  large  batteries  is  to 
use  an  inscription  on  the  oap  of  the  filling  opening  reading 
as  follows :- 

EDISON  STORAGE  BAT 'PERT 
COMPANY 

Tredo 

THOMAS  A.  EDISON 
Mark 

PATENTED 
Orange,  IT.  J. 

I  would  advise  withholding  from  publication  all 
details  of  construction  of  the  battery  lamps  not  yet  described 
in  our  patent  applications. 


HL-JS 


Weimarerstrassa,  29, 
CHARBOTTRHBURO, 

Berlin,  Jan.l5th,  19X3 

Mr.  Jfhomas  Alva  Bdlson, 

South  Orango,  (How  Jersey) 

near  II»  YORK. 

Bear  Sir, 

I  am  at  present  occupied  with  the  preparation  of  a 
work  concerning  the  development  of  the  Incandeuoent  lamp 
manufacture  and  have  eepecially  exerted  myself  to  find  out  detail, 
of  the  practical  conctruction  of  the  earliest  electric  incan¬ 
descent  lamps  from  the  literature  and  the  older  patents.  It 
was  particularly  desirable  for  me  to  be  able  to  give  an  exaot 
surrey  concerning  the  same,  how  gradually,  especially  through 
your  aotivity  in  this  sphere,  the  electric  incandescent  lamp 
has  developed. 

In  spite  of  much  and  exaot  research  in  the  libraries 
available  to  tie  for  this  purpose,  in  the  ■Beutsches  Museum" 
in  MUnioh,  etc.,  I  have  not  succeeded  in  gaining  detailed 
information-regarding  the  first  of  the  lamps  constructed  by 
you  with  metallic  light  bodies  out  of  platinum  wire,  etc.,  - 
regarding  khlch  I  oan  be  convinced  that  it  is  perfectly 
reliable. 

As  you  yourself  have  rendered  notable  and  most  important 
services  in  the  improvement  and  development  of  the  electrio 
inoandesoent  lamps .  and  as  you  have  built  up  your  inventions 


;  OTt  -d  >tfho1S  LadrleB  I  Of  T?r«ldMlnarjt  warjjcin>thl»  sphere ,  and 
as  this  has  ooourred  so  long  ,*go  that' it^isiimirdkyfpoBsible 
to  oollsot  at  this  tin*  aoctfrats  information  concerning  this 
from  llteraturdj'-I  Herewith  take  the  liberty  of  applying  to 
you  with  the  request  for  your  assistance  In  this  matter. 

The  facts  which  are  of  particularly  great  Interest 
for  mefvrould  he  with  regard  to  the  preliminary  stages  of  the 
carbon  filament  lamps  ,  viz.  the  first  Incandescent  lamps  with 
metal  wires,  which  you  have  constructed.  It  would  be  of  great 
value  to  me  if  I  could  learn  from  you,  in  what  manner  the 
praotisal  arrangement  of  the  metal  filaments  inBide  the  lamp 
occurs,  how  long  these  kind  of  filaments  were  and  for  what 
tension  these  lamps  were  built.  Your  kind  communications 
would  be  especially  valuable  for  me,  if  I  might  be  allowed 
to  trouble  you  for  *fcs  execution  sketches  of  the  arrangement 
of  such  lamps  as  were  then  constructed  by  you. 

Prom  the  literature  1b  also  not  to  be  perceived  whether 
such  lamps  were  then  brought  into  circulation  at  all  and  whether, 
i.e.  before  the  manufacture  of  carbon  filament  lamps,  a  manu¬ 
facture  existed  and  to  what  extent. 

I  hope  that  you  will  excuse  me'  for  applying  direct  to 
you  in  this  matter,  but  as  It  is  a  question  of  giving  a  picture, 
as  near  the  truth  as  possible,  of  the  historical  development, 
it  appeared  to  ks  to  be  the  best  way  to  apply  to  the  inventor 

of  the  first  practicable  incandescent  lamps,  who  has  been  a 
in 

ploneerA.thle  direction. 


u-.aifc.  !  Thanking  -you  iji  anticipation  moat  igr«t»*uHyi  ,£or  your 

i#xjartiohB  jnn .jny  »to«hal£,  m.l  o*  tori,  i»e  ua  *.:i.  *« 

..•tivnrc  ix  S.JJI-X  romaln,  . .  '  t'  <  <•." 


.  :  iTaur  b  faithfully, 


'  y^Vs-  s  <SU^z> 

Ah,  fctowA,  ^  ***'1 

/\a^  JdAsvu;  CU/W^>  4u^, 


/\S^  rftUyVU  .  -  — 

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(ptfY 1  ^  __ 

Cftyi\fh^  b/fa&Oi/l l&Q  l/lL-t'/b^ 

^  Jr*1^  m<N  ^'"~ 

✓Cf  M--'t  yj^zsh-' 
d^yvuB^^)  , 


^uaa1m  It14l  (4^- 


January  16,  1913 

Had  a  conference  today  with  Hr.  Hutchison  on 
question  of  advisability  of  ranking  infringement  seaych  to 
determine  whether  any  patents  owned  by  others  would  be  in¬ 
fringed  by  the  manufacture  of  the  proposed  combined  storage 
batteries  and  lamps  for  use  as  miners'  lamps.  Hr.  Hutohiso 
is  of.  the  opinion  that  such  a  search  is  not  necessary. 
more,  he  stated  that  the  only  form  of  such  device  for  which 
preparations  to  manufacture  are  being  made  is  the  one  in 
which  the  lamp  is  carried  on  the  miner's  cap  and  no  switch 


is  used. 


H.  L. 


'  7)\o^.sx, 


L.  Bamberger  &  po. 


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January 


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a  .  ^  ik 

Hi.  Thomas  A.  Edison,  4?  ^  ’  *■ 

Llewellyn  Park,  —y 

West  Orange,  K.  J. 

My  Dear  Sir: 

Would  I  be  asking  too  much  to  have 
your  let  me  know  what  the  word  "Mazda"  means? 

This  is  purely  a  matter  of  inquisi¬ 
tiveness  on  my  part,  as  the  word  has  sort  of 
struck  me  as  rather  odd,  and  having  looked  it 
up  in  the  encyclopedia,  I  did  not  find  anything 
that  borders  on  this  name. 

By  doing  this,  you  will  greatly 

oblige. 

Yours  very  truly,. _ 

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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


r/P 

.  '//ifr/Sf/viy, 


WILMINGTON. 

O^laa, 


Mr.  Thos.  A.  Edison, 

Menlow  Park,  N.  J. 
Dear  Sir: 


January  31,  1913  C«  •  ^  V  p 


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A' 


If  I  remember  rightly  a  number  of  years  ago  you  took  ou^  a 
patent  for  treating  celluloise  with  Hydro-Fluoric  acid. 

About  the  time  you  took  out  thiB  patent  we  experimented  some 
with  it,  but  were  not  able  to  get  any  satisfactory  results. 

i?e  have  again  looked  into  the  matter  and  believe  we  can  make 
some  use  of  it.  Will  you  be  kind  enough  to  refer  to  the  number  of  thfe 
patent  and  also  indicate  if  you  would  be  willing  to  grant  us  the  right 
to  use  it  upon  a  royalty  basis.  We  purpose  to  use  it  in  the  produc¬ 
tion  of  a  material  somewhat  similar  to  our  vulcanized  fibre  and  if  it 
is  successful  we  would  use  it  in  considerable  quantities  and  will  be 
able  to  pay  you  a  royalty  of  two  or  throe  cents  per  pound,  after  we 
have  got  the  process  well  established. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Delaware  Hard  Fibre  co. 

6^.-  < 


COR:HMCG. 


nODL  o.  GRAHAM 
C.  FREEMAN  WEEI> 


“  MoineH  Sella  the  Earth  ” 

Sague  Realty  Syndicate 

George  II.  Moines,  Sulcs  Agent 
62  MARKET  ST. 

POUGHKEEPSIE.  S.  V. 

••$1.00  A  DAY  AND  OWN  YOUR  HOME” 


^February  10 , 1 .  IS . 

hr.  Thomas  A.Kdicon, 
i-enle  Par;:  h-J- 
Boar  I.'r.  iidis  on :  - 

oCc.ii'ly  I  road  somewhere  'rat  or  had 
■r-&de  the  statement  that  electricity  could  he  bought  chca 
er  at  the  central  station  than  it  could  he  made, on  accou 
of  the  overhead  excuse, etc. .  of  a  private  plant  . 

Ac  1  am  thin. -in7  of  installing  a  yenerut 
to  supply  about  100  fifty  watt  lames  per  hour.J-  would  ar_ 
reciate  a  verification  or  denial  of  the  above, for  my  ova: 
personal  oat  infliction. 

Phan hiny  you  in  advance  I  hoy  to  remain 
Very  respect  fully  and  sincere 

J  CROFT  gy 

.  J 

aJL&ZZZf'  w  c-tsrr-v  •> 


rv  AOO'vV  c 


General  electric  company 

Main  Incandescent  Lamp  Sales  Office 

Harrison,  New  Jersey 
Fob.  14,  1913. 


Ur.  Vfct.  H.  Hoadoworoft, 

Edison's  Laboratory, 
Orange,  N.  J. 


Dear  Ur.  Hoadoworoft: 


I  received  your  telephone  m 


age  saying 


5^4  kjJacor insky s  tfatentbyra 

('LOaiorinsky  &  Sfllbifin) 


s  tDa,.. 

tx-  e,A- 


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_  SiaekhoLn,  Sweden 


ThomaB 

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^  ^ytooMo/m,  ..14th...£dbr......l.913 


b  Alva  ^Edison ,  "  jj-"' 


U.S. 


^JS  ^  It  '^as*ijeen  supposed  lay  one  of  our  clients  that 
,re&n  the  wire  in  thrf  modern  metal  filament  lamp 
..e,  hy  means  of  books  or  other  organs,  mounted 
ib  used  hy  youi  during  your  first  experiments  with 


the  manner,  wlu 
is  suspended,  : 
in  the  lamp,  wi 
wires  of  metal 


As  it  has  been  impossible  to  us  to  find  any 
litterature  over  your  first  metal  filament  lampB  and  the  art, 
wherein  the  wire  was  suspended,  and  as  it  should  he  of  value 
for  our  client  to  he  able  to  prove  hie  supposition,  we  have 
promised  him  to  writedirectly  to  you  for  particulars. 

V/e  should  like  very  much,  if  you  v/ruld  he  kind 
enough  to  send  us  a  sketch  or  such  like,  showing  the  manner, 
wherein  you  suspended  the  wire,  or  to  give  us  any  dates  re¬ 
garding  any  litterature  where  your  first  lampB  are  fully  described. 

Yours  truly 


/  *  \ 

r“  i 

|  /  y^m^i.s.K 

.'«~idiii.n.  _ _ iduroh  6th.  ,  . 

mb/qy.  £—1  ^  ^  1  ^  “**"*  "*Y 

JUeW  oW 

Tliomas  A.  raison  Esq.,  e^t,MJi! t+ 

iiienlo  Part,  IrM  ^  fTf 

1IETT  JERSEY .1  U.S.A., 


nt  PileOfents  for  Llectrio 


ln  io79  you  obtained  Letters  Patent  in  threat 
Britain  Ho.  240Efor  a  glow  body  made  from  ’.vires  of 
platinum,  or  other  metallic  condxvctors  of  electricity, 
which  fuse  at  a  high  temperature. 

Later  in  1884,  you  applied  for  Letters  Patent 
in  u.3.A.  436969 .which  were  granted  in  1890.  wherein  you 
'  showed  a  method  of  treating  wire  by  drawing  under  the 

action  of  heat  in  an  inert  atmosphere,  but  no  mention  was 
)  medo  of  the  type  of  wire  you  intend  to  draw,  uight  1  ash 
4  v  -  i  if  nt  the  time  of  taking  out  this  patent,  you  intended 

Y  ^  f  to  draw  wires  from  refractory  metals  such  as  petals  of 
'  “  >  the  chromium  group  including  tungsten  and  molybdenium.as 

*  well. as  possibly  those  of  the  platinum  group  including 


Thankiiig  you  in  antii 


10B8  Should  it  prove  as  valuable  as  it  seems  likely  to  be,  it  lias  oc¬ 
curred  to  me  to  lay  the  matter  before  you,  briefly. 

As  beat  is  readily  conducted  from  a  vacuum  but  will  not 
radiate  through  one,  X  am  convinced  that  the  radiation  of  neat  fiom  the 
electric  light  would  be  prevented  by  the  expedient  of  a  double  bulb- 
the  original  vacuum  within  a  vacuum. 

in  addition  to  giving  artificial  light  without  heat 
radiation,  X  should  expect  this  arrangement  to  result  in  reducing  to 
the  lowest  possible  minimum  the  power  required  to  produce, from  any 
type  of  lamp  now  in  use, its  present  lighting  efficiency. 

Possible  difficulties  of  manufacture  seem  a  relatively 
unimportant  detail,  if  the  resultant  lamp,  The  Firefly,  is  as  I  am  con¬ 
vinced  it  will  be. 

This  is  an  untried,  unpatented,  original  idea,  mentioned 


you  deem  equitable,  should  it  impress  you  as  being  practicable 


and  commerci ally  promising. 

I  enclose  stamped,  addressed  envelope,  and  respectfully 
request  the  favor  of  a  repl*,  for  which  I  thank  you  in  anticipation. 

Vours  respectfully, 

^  (Adh .  <2) 


Haircut'S.  (Sxmxt 

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nm:i.«if»ttnuiaiuWh«iy 

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Of  1 


I  should  appreciate  it  very  much  if  you  would  inform  r 
it  the  incandescent  electric  light  system  installed  hy  ; 
iry .Pennsylvania  about  thirty  years  ago  v/as  not  the  firs 


system 


of  this  kind  put  in.in  thi3  country  for  a  commercial  use. 

Sunhury  is  my  birth  plane, though  1  have  been  away  thirty  years, 
but  have  been  back  frequently  and  was  there  at  the  time  the  plant 
end  system  was  being  installed  and  remember  hearing  the  towns  people 
talk  of  your  being  there  and  superintending  the  work.  As  T  have 
frequently  mentioned  my  home  town  as  having  the  honor  of  being  the 
first  place  to  have  an  electric  light  and  with  considerable  argument, 
X  nrn  taking  the  liberty  of  addressing  you.  Will  be  pleased  to  have 
you  settle  the  matter  all  of  which  I  will  appreciate, 

Yours  very  truly, 


Piotated 

ft/'-:  .P.G, 


fhk/bh. 


Thomas  A 


.  Edison. Esa . , 
Orange . 

Hew  Jersey. 

U.S.A. 


/fa/mM/j&y,.  a\jk 
April  8th  . r/.O/z 


\c^ 


Bear  Sir, 

Indeed  many  thanks  for  your  letier  of  wiroh  28th. 

While  your  answer  of  course  embrases  tungsten  it  wouia  be 
difficult  to  prove  that  any  experiment  was  made  with  this  metal 
as  mois8en  in  1898  seems  to  have  ^een  the  first  man^to^have 
resolved  pure  tungBten  as  a  concrete  body../  Would  it  be 
trespassing-too”  muoh  on  your  good  nature  to  ask  whether  you 
.personally  made  any  experiments  with  tungsten  for  incandescent 
lighting  prior  to  1906,  not  as  squirted  filaments,  but  as  drawn) 
wireS:  •;  a 


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in?  the  miners'  lamp. 

You  rill  recollect  that  this  1»» 
th.  subject  ot  oou.iaer.ble  corr.epcuaeuoe.  .-or  « 
„,iet.c«lo*  I  have  eernea  o,  the  lu.eetlB.tlou  11 
h...  ».»  ..ourea  oopis.  rt  *1  ‘be  oorre.p.na.uce  ..a  - 

tehins  the  liberty  ei  euolo.ir*  oepie.  oY  .... 

!  wouia  lib.  ‘0  hove  you  Prlus  «  *•  *“«»'•  b”"1'1”"’  “ 
you  .blub  «  erpe dient  to  a.  «...  — 

,o  th.t  he  Key  »=.  1«"‘  <*•»  eorre.pouaeue e  P.eeea. 
this  beoau.e  hr.  P.ai.eu  eppereu.ly  *»1.  ‘bet  ..  —  “* 
iuteroete.  i.  hi.  battery .  1  aia  net  try  «  »•  “•*“ 

.  ratter  ei  loot  -1  -  — ~  ~  **  “*  ““ 

interested  response. 

1  call  your  attention  particularly 

to  the  last  paragraph  in  Mr.  Hutohinson’s  letter,  dnted 

on  .101P  Un  to  the  date  of  that  letter  it  appears  from 


P.  GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 

W.H.Moadowcrof t  G-7-13 

the  correspondence  that  the  batteries  were  not  developed 
sufficiently  so  that  formal  quotation  or  information  could  oe 
given  us,  but  immediately  the  development  was  completed,  v.e 
were  tola  that  it  was  not  desirable  to  make  us  quotations  fin 
batteries  for  use  with  miners'  lamps.  We  had  disclosed 

our  intention  of  developing  a  portable  lamp  in  our  letter  to 
you  of  May  23,  1911,  and  again  on  June  5,  1911,  so  that  it 
seems  to  me  the  way  haa  been  opened  for  the  use  of  your  batte- 
by  us  had  your  people  beeninterested  in  the  matter  or  cared  t 


I  shall  now  file  all  my  correspondence  and  let 
Jrtie  matter  rest,  having  satisfied  myself  that  we  made 
suitable  and  continuous  effort  to  use  Mr.  Edison's  batterj 
before  taking  up  any  other. 

Yours  very  truly,  _ ^ 

FMK.MEH  V  \\ 

I!  1^‘  Wager. 

smal:.  motor  department. 


GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 


M  ^Tb wY  |ohk  Office 
v' '  ‘1  JIudjpn  Tebminal  Bdildinos 
A-®  S^CnoRcn  Street 

taf^w/York,  August  7,  1913. 


Laboratory  of  Thos  .  A.  Edison, 


I  have  your  favor  of  August  4th,  and  appreciate  your 
suggestion  of  7 %  interest,  but  would  state  that  we  are  entirely 


a  6%.  I  have  given  instruction 
n  delighted  to  receive  your  cord 


sive  your  cordial  invitation  1 


j  avail  myself  of  the  privilege  at  i 


I  hope  that  you  will  also  favor  us  by  stopping  off  at 
Schenectady  in  connection  with  your  proposed  visit  to  Coopers- 
town.  I  think  you  would  find  the  Schenectady  Works  of  great 
interest,  and  X  can  assure  you  that  your  visit  would  be  greatly 
appreciated  by  your  many  friends  and  sincere  admirers. 

Yours  verjft^uly,  s~\ 


Mr.  William  H.Meadowcroft, 
Edison  Laboratories, 

West  Orange,  N.J. 


My  dear  Mr.  lieadowcroft: 


Mr.  Arthur  Williams  is  anxious 
to  learn  as  soon  as  possible  the  total  capacities  of  all 
Edison  central  stations  which  were  operating  in  1883. 

He  also  wishes  to  know,  if  possible,  the  amount  of  capital 
invested  in  these  stations  so  that  he  can  compare  these 
two  setB  of  figures  with  corresponding  ones  of  the  present 
day. 


I  have  set  down  stations  in  the 
following  cities  as  having  been  opened  either  in  1883 
or  1883:  Appleton,  Wisconsin;  Brockton,  Mass. ; Sunbury, 
Penna;  Lawrence,  Mass.;  Fall  River,  Mass.;London  England; 
Santiago,  Chile;  and  Milan,  Italy.  The  information  on 
which  I  have  compiled  this  list  was  contained  in  the  Life 
of  Thomas  A. Edison  and  in  "Edlsonia".  Do  you  see  anything 


wrong  about  the  list,  and  if  so,  what?  I  have  obtained 
figures  showing  the  number  of  lamps  supplied  by  all  these 
stations  except  those  at  Lawrence  and  Fall  River.  Do  you 
know  of  anybody  who  could  give  me  this  additional  information? 

Also,  do  you  know  of  any  person  or 
book  which  would  record  the  money  invested  in  these  stations? 

I  know  that  these  are  troublesome  questions  but  I  hope  you 
will  be  able  to  help  me  out  because  Mr.  Williams  is  so  anxious 


Sheet  #3  AugU0t  29 >1913. 

to  learn  these  facts. 

Has  a  copy  of  the  book  "Thirty  Years  of  New  York" 
which  the  New  York  Edison  Company  is  sending  out,  reached 
you?  This  is  the  book  concerning  which  my  sister  and  I 
saw  you,  about  a  year  ago  and  information  for  which  you  so 
kindly  gave  us.  We  know  that  your  name  was  on  the  mailing 
list  to  receive  a  copy  of  the  book  and  if  it  has  not  reached 
you  will  you  be  good  enough  to  let  us  know?  If  you  would 
care  for  one  or  two  extra  copies  I  think  we  could  arrange 
to  have  them  sent  you  although  the  edition  which  the  Company 
ordered  printed  is  limited. 

With  thanks  for  your  former  interest  and  help, 

I  am. 

Yours  very  truly. 


ho/kma. 


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WILLIAM  J.  HAMMER 

rr>MRl  11  TING  EL^TRICAL  ENGINEER 

153  WEST  46th  STREET  .  J* 

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_ 191s. 


Mr  .Thomas  Alva  Edison. 

o/o  Edison  Laboratory. 

Orange*  New  Jersey. 

My  dear  Hr. Edison*- 

I  am  Bending  you  herewith  by  special  messenger  a  framsl  set  of 
photographs  of  "The  William  d.Hatnmnr  Historioal  Collection  of  Incandescent 
metric  Lamps"  which  I  trust  you  will  accept  with  ny  compliments. 

This  Collection  I  believe  truly  represents  "The  History  of  an  Art"  . 
a*d  represents  the  only  Art  thus  recorded.  It  is  the  wo*  of  one  of  your  early 
assistants  at  your  Menlo  Hark  H.J.  laboratory  and  elsewhere,  whose  privilege 
anl  pleasure  it  has  been  to  labor  for  the  past  84  years  in  this  country  and 
abroad  in  its  collection  and  safe  guarding  and  who  is  now  completing  some 
16  months  of  labor  spent  in  rounding  out.  setting  up.  cataloguing  and  arrang¬ 
ing  the  collection  in  the  headquarters  of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers  in  the  Engineering  Societies  Building.  29  West  89th  Street.  Hew  York 
•  City. 

This  collection  as  you  know  was  recently  secured  by  the  General 
Electric  Ccmpany  and  printed  tc  the  Association  of  Edison  Illuminating  Com- 
p^Hes.  February  11.  1912.  sixty-fifth  Anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Thomas 
Alva  Edison,  a*  I  trust  that  it  will  prove  an  appropriate  and  lasting  monument, 
to  you  and  a  permanent  record  of  the  Art  upon  which  you  have  left  the  greatest 

impress  of  your  genius. 

With  high  esteem,  I  remain. 

Very  sinoerely  yourB, 


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Oot.  21,  1913. 


J  Mr.  Lanahan 

lou  v/ill  remember  that,  in  the  con¬ 
struction  of  the  cap  lamp,  of  the  Edison  Mining; 

top. 

T  advised  by  Hr.  Monahan  of  the 
Storage  Tattery  Company  that  the  Hirsch  Company 

««.t  th.y  ..n  b...o  pa.ent. 

„»‘u;«d:v«  ssfaai  *.v,  .«» 

against  the  V.itherbee  Company  for  infringing  their 
patent. 

I  suggest  that  a  search  in  this  matter 
might  disclose  something  of  interest. 

V/e  have  gone  ahead  and  made  up  all 
the  tools  for  thisBlamp  and  are  ready  to  put  them 


K.  R,  HUTCHISON . 


I*’’ 


nail 


. October.. -24th., . tsol  3. 


Air.  John  ...ullen,  Treas., 

Shamokin  Light,  Heat  &  Power  Go., 

Shamokin,  Pa. 

My  dear  Mr.  Mullen: - 

At  the  Convention  of  the  Edison  Associa¬ 
tion  of  Illuminating  Companies  recently  ^ld  at  Cooperstowu , 
N.  I.,  an  informal  discussion  (out  of  session)  arose  as  to 
the  date  of  starting  of  some  of  the  earlier  Edison  station.,. 


The  parties  to  the  discussion  were: 

Mr.  Arthur  Williams,  President  of  the  Edison 
Association  and  east-  President  of  the 
HationaL  Electric  Association, 

Mr.  John  V/.  Howell,  of  the  Edison  Lamp  Works, 
who  was  one  of  the  early  Edison  experts  . 
interested  in  the  starting  of  the  Shamokin 
plant, 

Mr.  W.  S.  Andrews,  of  the. General  E1®cj^c 

Schenectady,  who  was  m  charge  of  the  Engineer 
ing  work  in  connection  with  the  construction 
of  the  Edison  Shamokin  plant. 

Mr.  Charles  Edgar,  President  of  the  Boston  Edison 
Company, 

and  myself. 

Sunhurv  has  been  credited  (in  numerous  discussions) 
with  the  first  EcLison  three  wire  plant,  with  Brockton  and 
Lawrence ,  Mass,  following. 

I  have  questioned  these  records  and  Mr.  Arthur 
Williams,  President,  is  desirous  of  being  straitened  out 
in  this  matter  in  the  interest  of  history. 

Lr*  ssis*  USSSts. 


iai  i  WUUJ.U  XXJ 

of  organisation  vi 
bury,  and  the  date 
vice 


he  Shamokin  Edison  plant,  and  that  Ox 
n  which  the  Shamokin  plant  was  put  m  ser- 


Mr.  Andrews  gives  August  as  the  probable  month  of 
the  starting  of  the  Shamokin  plant,  but  is  not  sure  of  the 
date. 


of  the  Shamokin  Co.  antedates  that  ot 
fact  that  the  latter  put  up  a  temporary  structure  set  on 
log  foundations  with  very  cheap. construction,  enabled  them 
to  forge  in  ahead  of  the  Shamokin  Company. who  put  up. a  sub¬ 
stantial  brick  structure  on  stone  foundations,  and  with  an 
unusually^Smplete  electrical  equipment  for  tfiat  early  date. 

I  am  unable  from  my  records,  to  fix  the  date  of 
our  original  installation,  and  I  therefore  appeal  to  you 
tf  givegme  what  lfiht  you’ can  upon  the  question  at  issue. 

Thanking  you  in  advance,  I  am,  with  best  wishes. 
Yours  very  truly, 


¥/.  M.  Brock, 
Superintendent. 


[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 


"COPY"  £6y-*y 

ELECTRIC  DEPARTMENT 

william  U.  Broek  PUBLIC  SERVICE  CORPORATION 

Sups rintendent  OP  HEW  JERSEY 

Patera on,  H*J. 


LIST  OP  EDISON  THREE  WIRE 
CEHTRAL  STATIONS  INSTALLED 
TII  1083  and  1804. 


Suntniry,  Pa. 
Sliaiflokin,  Pa. 
Brockton,  Haea. 
Lawrence,  Mass. 
Poll  River,  Maas. 
Tiffin,  Ohio 
Mount  Camel ,  ?&• 
Belief  on  t,  Pa. 
Ilasleton,  Pa. 
Newburgh,  ” • V • 
Middletown,  0. 
Piqua,  0. 
Circleville,  0. 
Williamsport,  Pa. 


itarted  July  4/83 

■'  Aug.  /83 

Oct.  3/63 
"  -  10/83 

■’  ;;ov.2C/83 

Doa.27/83 
Jan.  5/84 
"  '•  13/84 

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Shamokin,  Pa.,  Oct.  27,  191o. 


7/m.  Brock,  Sunt.,  . 

Public  Service  nlectric  Go., 

Paterson,  I'!.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  favor  of  the  24th 
inst.  and  was  very  glad  to  hear  from  you  after  such 
a  lapse  of  years. 

The  date  of  the  incorporation  of  our  Shamokin 
Edison  Illuminating  Go.  was  Hovember  29,  1882,  but  my 
recollection  is  that  very. little  was  done  other  than 
getting  out  the  Charter  and  obtaining  a  site,  until 
February  1883.  In  going  over  the  old  files  of  the 
Shamokin  Yieekly  Times  today,  I  find  that  the  first 
test  of  the  new  light  was  demonstrated  in  Ur.  Vim.  H. 
Douty’s  store  on  Friday  night,  September  29,  1883, 
and  exhibited  to  a  vast  crowd  of  people.  I  am  not  m 
position  to  state  as  to  the  tine  the  Sunbury  plant  was 
organized  but  think  we  preceded  them.  They,  however, 
beat  us  out  by  a  few  weeks  in  starting  their  plant. 

One  fact  that  I  want  to  impress  on  your  electrical  men 
is  that  our  Shamokin  Station  is  the  first  in  Pennsylvania 
and  probably  in  the  United  States  that  was  built  exclus¬ 
ively  by  local  capital. 

Y/ith  kind  regards,  I  am. 

Yours  very  truly, 

John  LIullen 


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THE  EDISON  8  SWAN  UNITED  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  COMPANY, 

limited. 


DIRECTORS. 

C.  J.  FORD,  Chairman. 

E.  B.  ELLICE-CLARK. 
EUSTACE  C.  OUILTER. 
E.  GIMINGHAM. 

C.  E.  HUNTER. 


THIRTIETH  ANNUAL  REPORT. 

For  the  Year  ended  30T11  June,  1913. 


The  Directors  submit  herewith  their  Report  and  Accounts  for  the  year 

« >»>'■  ■>'  si“k;  “t 

Depreciation  upon  Freehold  Properties  and  Plant  at  the  same  ate  a 

Assets,  theie  1S  4>7o  Accounts  is  a  Credit  Balance  on 

the  various  depreciations  shown  in  the  Accounts  i- 

- 

wldch  had  arisen  between  the  Owners  of  the  Patents  relating,  to  Dtaivn 
Wire  Lamps  and  this  Company.  The  Directors  are,  however glad to  repo  t 
that  all  matters  in  dispute  have  now  been  satisfactorily  arranged  and  the 

13E  fi-Ti 

materially"  reduced  and  the  Board  have  therefore 

valuation  of  the  whole  of  the  Lamp  Stocks,  and  have  written  them 

to  approximately  .present  manufacturing  cost  price. 

The  value  at  which  various  other  Assets  appear  in  the  books  of  the 


been  necessary  to  provide  a  sum  of  48,013?.  19s.  3 d.  1  lie  Reserve  Account 
amounting  to  45,000?.,  together  with  an  amount  of  3,013/.  19s.  3 d.  out  of 
the  sum  brought  forward  from  last  year,  being  allocated  for  this  purpose. 

The  whole  of  the  Lamp  manufacture  has  now  been  concentrated  at 
Ponders  End,  and  the  Stocks  transferred  there  from  the  South  Benwell 
Works,  which  have  now  been  closed  down,  and  the  Board  have  had  the 
property  valued  in  view  of  its  disposal. 

The  Directors  are  advised  that  the  amount  at  which  the  Benwell 
property  now  appears  in  the  Books  should  ultimately  be  realised. 

The  Queen  Street  premises,  of  which  the  Company  hold  a  long  lease, 
have  been  found  unsuitable  for  the  business  and  steps  are  being  taken  to  let 
this  property. 

The  Lease  of-  Nos.  123  and  125,  Queen  Victoria  Street,  has  therefore 
been  acquired,  these  premises  offering  great  advantages  for  carrying  on 
the  business,  there  being  a  Showroom  on  the  ground  floor  which  the 
Directors  believe  will  prove  to  be  admirably  suited  for  the  purposes  of 
the  Company’s  trade. 

The  premises  in  College  Hill  used  as  a  Showroom  and  Stores  will  be 
finally  closed  as  soon  as  the  new  premises  in  Queen  Victoria  Street  are  ready 
for  occupation.  The  whole  of  the  Stores  Department  hitherto  carried  on  there 
together  with  the  Staff  having  been  transferred  to  the  Ponders  End  Works. 
These  changes  have  enabled  the  Board  to  make  very  considerable  economies 
without  loss  of  efficiency,  and  the  result  of  this  policy  should  materially 
benefit  the  earnings  during  the  current  year.  The  Directors’  fees  have  also 
been  largely  reduced. 

A  gentleman  well-known  in  the  Electrical  world  has  been  engaged  as 
Sales  Manager,  and  from  the  large  experience  which  he  will  bring  to  bear 
upon  this  Department,  coupled  with  a  comprehensive  scheme  of  advertising 
which  has  been  inaugurated,  the  Directors  are  looking  for  considerable 
■expansion  in  this  direction. 

From  the  various  economies  which  have  been  made,  together  with  the 
increased  business  likely  to  accrue  from  the  re-organisation  of  the  Sales 
Department  and  advertising,  the  Board  are  of  opinion  that  the  prospects  for 
the  current  year  are  distinctly  favourable. 

Mr.  Henry  Wolfenden,  the  late  Chairman  of  the  Company,  retired  from 
the  Board  in  March  last,  and  at  the  request  of  an  influential  body  of 
Shareholders,  the  Board  elected  Mr.  Charles  Jermyn  Ford  as  Director  and 


Chairman. 

Mr.  William  Murray,  owing  to  pressure  of  other  business,  has  also  retired 
from  the  Board. 

Mr.  C.  E.  Hunter  and  Mr.  E.  Gimingham  who  have  been  connected 
with  the  Company  for  many  years,  have  been  elected  Technical  Directors, 
and  Shareholders  will  be  asked  to  confirm  these  appointments. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  Articles  of  Association  Mr.  Ellice-Clark  retires 
from  the  position  of  Director  and  offers  himself  for  re-appointment. 

The  Auditors,  Messrs.  Welton  Jones  &  Co.,  retire  and  offer  themselves  for 
re-election. 

By  order  of  the  Board, 

J.  E.  HARPER, 

Edisxvan  Buildings,  Secretary. 

36  &  37,  Queen  Street,  London,  E.C. 
is?  November,  1913. 


The  Edison  $  Swan  United  Electric  Light  Company,  Limited. 


Authorised  Capital - 
Div iilcd  into 

150,000  A  Shares  of  £$  each 


BALANCE  SHEET,  30T11  JUNE,  1913. 

7T 


Of  which  there  have  been  issued 

fully  paid  .  85,695  °  ° 

99,261  A  Shari's  of  £5  each, 

£3  |«dd  ...  ...  ...  297.783  o  o 

23,56+  B  Shares  of  5s.  each, 
fully  paid .  *  o«.  «  « 

To  4  °/Q  First  Debenture  Stock 


■  58.3^  0 
69,3+6  9 


"Sr? 


1  behalf  of  the  Board, 

(Signed)  C.  J.  l'ORB. 


y  Directors. 

E.  B.  ELLICE-CLARK. 

.  .  .  .  a,,  imt-imr  ovamined  the  Hooks  of  the  Company  in  London  and  obtained  all  the 

Wc  have  audited  the  above *  fj*  lo  rc2,rt '  that"  in  our  opinion,  such  Balance  Sheet  is  property  drawn  up  so  as 

information  and  explanations  wc  h.i\c  required,  wc  r  |?vs  .,ir-jrs  according  to  the  best  of  our  information  and  the  explanations 
to  exhibit  a  true  and  correct  view  of  the  state  of  the gm Hldo, ind  tS  audited  returns  from  the  Branches  abroad,  subject  to  the 
given  to  us  and  as  shown  by  .  nnd  the  book  values  Jof  the  Assets  and 

WELTON  JONES  &  CO., 

30//1  October,  1913. 


NET  REVENUE  ACCOUNT,  Year  ended  30™  -TUNE'  I9I3- 

.(  *•  ~  *’•  j,  |ta|nnre  fr0|„  profit  nnd  l.o«  Account 

ntmi  o  'llnlnncc  carried  to  llalnnce. Sl.cct  ... 

M8S  °  °  i57oi  i0  „ 

old  property  .,S°o  o  o 


Dr. 

„  Depreciations 


Cr. 


£”.355 


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THE  EDISON  &  SWAN  ONITED  ELECTRIC 
LIGHT  COMPANY,  LIMITED, 


thirtieth  annual  report 

AND  ACCOUNTS, 

For  llie  Year  ended  30//1  June,  1913. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN  that  the 
Thirtieth  Ordinary  General  Meeting  of  tlio 


Old  Broad  Street,  London,  E.C.,  on  Tuesday 
the  util  day  of  November,  1913,  at  12  o'clock 
noon,  to  transact  the  Ordinary  Business  of 
the  Company. 


By  order  of  the  Board, 

J.  E.  HARPER, 

Secretary. 


Ediswan  Buildings, 

36  &  37.  Queen  Street, 
London,  L.C. 

1st  November,  1913. 


ALFRED  E.  KORNFELD 


132  NASSAU  STREET 
NEW  YORK  CITY 


llov  ember  G ,  1913 


T,lr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

"Vest  Orange,  IT.  J. 


]'y  Dear  Mr*  Edison: 

Pardon  my  persistency  in  writing  to  you 
again  about  the  "Model  Electric  Light  Plant"  which  you 
promised  to  send  to  the  Deutsches  Museum  in  Munich.  Germany. 
I  nromised  Dr.  Von  Miller,  the  President  of  the  Museum,  that 
I  would  remind  you  of  your  promise,  and  1  wish  to  keep  my 

word  with  that  gentleman. 

Trusting  that  you  have  entirely  recovered  from 
your  recent  indisposition,  and  with  warm  personal  regards, 


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Dear  Ur.  Biison: 


0ur  theory  at  the  present  time  is  that  hlaohing 
in  carhon  Lamps  and  also  in  tungsten  lamps,  when  they  are  well 
raade,  is  due  to  evaporation,  and  we  have  given  up  entirely  the 
theory  of  cracks  and  sm^l  arcs  which  was  formerly  held.  In 
our  metallised  filament  lamp  the  hladdng  is  very  much  less 
„  the  ordinary  carhon  filament  ^  — *  -  «*  ~ 

Ihe  effect  of  metallisation  which  prices  this  diminution  of  the 

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tile  parts  have  already  been  driven  out. 


fours  ^very  truly , 

C  'Engineer,  Lamp  Works* 


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PUBLIC  SERVICE  CORPO 
OF  NEW  JERSEY, 

PATERSON,  N.  J. 

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jJr.  S.  Andrews,  . 

Consulting  Engineering  Dept., 

General  Electric  Co., 

Schenectady,  H.  i. 

liy  dear  Andrews 

I  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your 
favor  of  tlie  10th  inst.,  and  to  advise  that  a  few 
years  ago  I  obtained  two  exterior  and  two  interior 
view  of  the  Shamokin  station  from  hr.  5.  J.  Jenks, 
which  I  am  sending  under  separate  cover.  He  also 
gave  me  at  the  same'  time  three  or  four  views  of  the 
Brockton  station,  on  the  back  of  which  I  find  the 
date  of  October  3rd,  1883. 

Will  you  kindly  have  copies  made  of 
these  photographs  and  return  the  originals  to  me  at 
your  convenience. 


lours  very  truly, 
Superintendent. 


Mr.  fl.  r.i.  Brock,  Supt., 

Public  Service  Elec.  Company, 

Paterson,  H.  J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Brock 

I  duly  received  your  favor  of  the 
14th  inst.,  and  also  the  two  exterior  and  two  in¬ 
terior  views  of  Shamokin  station,  for  which  I  am 
exceedingly  obliged.  I  will  take  great  care  of 
them  and  have  them  copied  as  soon  as  possible  and 
then  return  thsa  to  you. 

Y/ith-  kind  regards  and  best  wishes, 

I  remain 

Yours  very  truly, 

.  W.  S.  Andrews, 

Consulting  Engineering  Dept. 


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1  .-ts; 

some  noteB/U  have  prepared  for  Mr.  Margin  oftheJJationa  1 
Electric  Light  Association;  the  idea  heijjg-^KaTthis  matter 
should  he  delivered  before  one  of  the  istrMrons.^f  the  H.E.L.A. 
and  then  circulated  with  the  hope  that  agen.pyrff  discussion 
will  he  started  to  bring  out  and  emphas^-wi-ous  points 
that  are  briefly  treated  with  in  the  notes. 

My  object  is  to  emphasize  in  the  minds  of  the  Public 
generally  that  private  initiative  is  a  better  source  of  good 
electric  service  than  any  municipal  ownership  can  possibly  be 
and  also  that  the  Holding  Company  system  has  been  very  bene¬ 
ficial  in  making  It  possible  to  extend  service  to  small 
communities  by  financially  allying  them  with  the  service  to 
large  centres  of  population.  I  think  the  Public  Bhould 
realize  that  the  financial  aspects  of  the  eleotrioal  business 
will  not  yield  themselves  to  arbitrary  legislation  any  more 
than  will  the  engineering  side  of  this  business. 

The  Holding  Companies  have  had  a  marked  effect  in 
building  up  the  volume  of  electrical  business  and  I  believe 


GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY. 


that  the  industry,  as  well  as  the  general  Public  being  served, 
will  suffer  if  the  Government  attacks  these  organizations  with 
a  view  of  breaking  them  up. 

I  do  not  know  whether  these  views  ooinoide  with  your  own 
but  in  any  case  trust  you  will  appreciate  my  motive  in  sending 
these  notes  to  you  and  asking  your  criticism. 

Tours  very  truly. 


MB:  BOB. 


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An  amplo  and  officiant  supply  of  olootrical  energy  having  be- 
oomo  by  comma  concent  a  public  nooaaaity,  municipal  control  of 
ouch  onpply  is  in  many  quartern  being  advocatod  moro  vigorously 
then  ovor  bofore. 

It  is  the  onjoymont  of  good  uorviao  however  and  not  the  moans 
by  which  it  io  supplied  that  ohiofgry  concerns  the  public,  and  a 
review  of  central  station  development  shows  that  only  under  private 
ownership  arid  Initiative  has  the  moat  officio  nt  sorvioe  heon  pro¬ 
vided. 


On  tho  other  hand,  whorovor  municipal  ooutrol  and  operation  hnvo 
prevailed,  the  public  have  not  boon,  and  of  neooouity  oould  net  be 
aorved  to  the  beat  advantage. 

In  oonuidorlng  tho  question  of  municipal  aa  against  co  oalled 
private  control  of  olootrlo  public  sorvioe  utilities,  no  bettor  basic 
is  availablo  than  in  found  in  a  comparison  of  tho  conditions  ousting 


in  tho  United  Kingdom  and  in  the  United  States. 

In  Kugland  municipal  control  of  electric  public  utilities  Id 
general  and  private  ownership  is  relatively  limited.  In  tho  United 
States  tho  reverse  io  tho  case;  municipally  owned  and  operatod 
olootrlo  services  aro  the  exception,  the  industry  ho  lug  dominated 
by  private  enterprise. 

On  tho  aooro  of  comparative  growth  of  oloctrio  service  in  Eng¬ 
land  and  in  tho  United  statoB,  tho  rooord  of  progrosB  in  tho  two 
oomnunitiea  undor  consideration  affords  ample  ovidonoo  that  tho 
offeot  of  tho  radically  differing  fundamental  conditio no  haa  boon  to 
retard  development  on  the  one  hand  and  stimulate  it  on  tho  other. 


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Tho  establishment  of  olootrio  utilities  in  England  took  i>laoo 
during  a  period  of  comparatively  fow  yeurB  and  hue  since  progressed 
very  slowly.  In  tho  United  Staten  there  line  been  a  continuing 
and  inoreased  rate  of  development  with  a  mrkod  acceleration  in  the 
last  fow  yearn  under  the  impetus  of  holding  ooiapauieo,  that  have  made 
possible  the  enjoyment  by  the  Gonoral  iiublio  particularly  in  tho 
oanllor  communities,  of  tho  benofitc  of  modern  elnotrioul  engineer¬ 
ing. 

Public  Service  Commissions  now  being  established  in  the  various 
Am or i cun  States  provide  legitimate  and  efficient  means  of  adjusting 
raton  and  aervioo  to  the  reasonable  needs  and  demands  of  the  Oom- 
munitios  servo rl  and  municipal  ownership  and  operation  can  no  longor 
be  advoouted  au  a  neceaaary  means  of  insuring  proper  regulation  ana 
control. 

Advocates  of  municipal  control  frequently  quote  Brit iah  con¬ 
ditions  in  support  of  thoir  theories  ond  it  hue  boon  argued  that  the 
very  general  nmnicipnliEation  of  olootrio  light  and  street  railway 
or  tramway  oorviooa,  in  tho  United  Kingdom  has  corao  about  because 
of  tho  sucoosuful  operation  of  uuoh  enterprises  by  municipalities. 

Tho  principle  of  publia  ownership  and  oporation  hovievor  was  acooptod 
and  firmly  ootabliBhed  there  before  any  substantial  experience  had 
boon  acquired  and  has  effectually  checked  tho  development  of  olootrio 
public  sorvioe. 

Horse  car  linos  wore  first  introduced  in  England  by  Oeorge 
iranoia  Train,  who  wont  over  thorn  from  tho  United  Statos  in  the  early 
•70a  and  established  the  first  horso  oar  lino  in  Birkonhead.  Linos 
were  established  later  iu  Manchester,  Loudon  and  elsewhere.  At  that 
tine  Parliamentary  bills  wore  enacted  to  authorise  the  operation  of 
these  lines.  Such  bills  were  under  what  was  known  as  the  "Tramways  Act 


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of  1070"  (or  1871).  In  that  not  was  u  purohnoo  clause  providing 
that  tho  rataioipulities  could  taka  these  proportion  ovor  in  twonty- 
ono  years  at  "The  Then  Value." 

5ho  righto  of  municipalities  to  acquire  tho  tramways  began  to 
nature  in  the  early  90s.  ?rlor  to  that  time.  tho  city  of  Birming¬ 
ham  had  eutabliahod  a  lighting  department  under  the  control  of  the 
municipality,  at  tho  instigation  of  Joseph  chamberlain,  then  Mayor 
of  Birmingham.  It  was  a  comparatively  argali  undertaking  in  a 
densely  populated  and  wealthy  diatriot  and  naturally  achieved  a  con- 
ai  dor  able  measure  of  success.  giving  a  marked  impetus  to  the  popular¬ 
ity  of  tho  principle  of  munioipal  control. 

Coincident  with  all  this  come  the  successful  commercial  develop¬ 
ment  of  electric  traction  in  tho  United  States  and  tho  practical  ad¬ 
vantages  of  auah  electrification  became  obvious  to  the  authorities. 
With  tho  principle  of  public  ownership  already  popular  throughout 
the  oountry.  tho  right  of  purchase  of  the  tramway  lines  maturing  at 
tho  same  time,  and  the  object  lesson  of  successful  development 
in  tho  United  States,  it  only  needed  one  other  factor  to  complete 
tho  ohain  of  circumstances  in  favor  of  municipal  control,  and  that 
TOB  found  in  the  valuation  placed  on  the  first  lines  taken  over  under 
She  2 ramway  Act-  a  section  of  the  North  Metropolitan  fruawaya  of 
London,  purchased  by  tho  municipal  authorities  of  London. 

in  tho  arbitration  held  to  determine  that  first  purchase  under 
tho  Act  Sir.  FreAk.  Brarawell  was  appointed  referee.  As  already 
ataie'd'-At  WB»  stipulated  in  the  purchase  clause  of  the  Tramways  Aot, 
that  these  tramways  oould  he  taken  over  at  the  end  of  21  yeKrs  at 
their  "then  value."  She  "aoa  Valuo"  was  determined  by  Sir  Frodk. 
- - U  »o  b.  «h.  TO  "I  Jhyoioal  W1U  «»d 


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good.  tod  ddd  .ddltt.ro,*  hor.oa,  Mr  torn.,  »>d 

a.  rol.ro.  did  ~t  t„h.  It.  »»=ld.r.«.d  «W  •*« 
wdotoror.  1»  th.  »«-•»..  .1  «-  “«>““•  *“ 
go o- will  .1  th.  Property  ■■  *  «»"« 

th.  aanloipal  oorporation  without 

.ho  ..’foot  .1  thia  d.ol.lo«  ».«  »  .rjotau.  th.  »«*• »  •*  P"10 

OWd.rBhip,  »d  th.  gating  .1  «  — »*—  ~ 

p.ai..  whoooa  31  poor  period  hod  ».t  a.vM  «*•*•*  “  01  to”“y- 

DU.h  to  th.  idoonroniodco  .1  ».  P-*®!-  b*“””  ”  *Mt 

uador  th.  preoodont  .1  th.  -BM-.il  Award-  »~F  »w»d°d  *»  »*"- 
improve.....  or  hottoru.dta  would  b.  pra«l«l«  «d«.»t.d. 

do  firmly  oatahll.hod  ...  th.  m««lolP«l  «d.a  at  that  tlm.  i»  * 
that  porllra.TO.tary  hill.  »r  —  -»«*»  »»>'»  “* 

tald.d  with  th.  groat...  dlttlra.lt,  ...d  Id  al.aat  dll  oaa.o  ».r. 
a.oompcdlad  by  on.rou.  r.atrl.ti.d.  ra.oh  a.  wldodldg  of  atrooto. 
o„l,.p  of  povom.dt,  ™d  »  «•“•*  «"•“  01 

pol.8,  »d  other  ........ora.  »  «—«“• 

Id  th.  muni  .1  pal  ..r„. ration,  th.  right  .1  ac«,i.lti.a  aft.r  a 

limited  period,  u.ually  «  1— ■ 

...Id  evidently  b.  .1  •  «*»*•  «■«  ”*  “  ““ 

Molding  th.  "Ihon  Yul.o"  .*  th.  time  .1  r»™« 

comttni t id.  luratlo.  or  ted  timid  to  tlmw,  traraw.y  and  lighting 
loot  dilation,  .till  r.  Borvod  th.ir  fraaohia.  right.  ...  -W  *°™  •* 
..d.l..rahl.  .1.0  «lt.d  lor  year,  h.f.r.  .njoylng  «.  adw.tdg.a  of 
.It her*  At  th.  .era.  «».  private  o.plt.l 

.laa...-,  th.  "3rroaw.ll  d-d-,  and  a  —rioted  fl.ld  ..  a.t  ^ 


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diopoaod  to  venture. 

To  those  oo adit lona  may  he  fairly  attributed  the  relatively 
nlcw  development  of  oleotrlo  public  service  in  Kngluud;  a  field 
which  on  the  ihoo  of  it  with  oompaot  populations  lying  comparatively 
oloao  togothor  guvo  prcoiieo  of  being  the  moot  fruitful  in  too  world. 

Sho  blighting  effect  of  theac  conditions  did  not  atop  at  alow 
dovolopnont  hut  stunted  the  industry.  Many  of  the  larger  cities 
oould,  and  did,  readily  ieuuo  bonds  and  eutabliBh  atreot  railvray 
and  lighting  aorviooa  hut  their  borrowing  powers  regulated  by  the  bocal 
Government  Jjoard,  at  tho  seat  of  government  in  houdon.  restricted  thou 
to  operation  within  their  own  oon>orato  areas  and  tho  smnllor  communities 
lying  around  thorn  aouarutod  by  Municipal  and  borough  boundaries  could  not 
contribute  to,  or  bonofit  by,  thoso  sorvicos.  In  tho  oourao  of  time 
smaller  towns  wore  equipped,  but  often  extravagantly,  in  emulating  their 


larger  neighbors  und  the  borough  engineers,  not  infroquontly,  dupurtod 
from  standard  practice  and  stamped  their  individuality  on  tho  under¬ 
takings  undor  their  oliargo  by  unique  and  oxnouBive  designs  and  apeoifi- 
oatlono,  to  tho  diaoomfitura  of  manufacturers  and  subaoiiuent  diatreon  of 
tho  tax  payors.  To  make  matters  worse,  adjoining  communities  did  not 
oooporato.  r-anoheoter  and  Salford  for  instance,  (Although  physical. ly 
amalgamated  so  that  in  passing  through  tho  atroota  it  is  impossible  to 
toll  whore  ono  oity  onds  and  tho  other  bogins)  not  only  built  noparote 
powor  hoiicos  and  coparate  atroot  oar  llnoa  but  udoptod  different  typoa  of 
oaro  and  fought  each  other  tooth  and  mil  aguinat  inter oorcnuni oat  ion  Of 
sorvioe.  passengers  wore  oompollod  to  change  cam  at  tho  municipal 
boundary  lino.  This  dispute  was  finally  oottlod  but  only  after  groat 
inconvenience  to  the  public  und  the  expenditure  of  a  very  oonsidorable 


amount  Of  thoir  money  in  litigation  before  parlimout.  This  attitude 


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oxiets  between  the  municipal  tramway  and  lighting  committees  of 
neighboring  towns  in  England,  with  few  exceptions  and  their  public 
utilities  are  lurgely  politioul  rather  than  commercial  lanuou. 

Thoro  is  no  condition  in  any  English  community  that  compares 
with  tho  best  American  conditions  in  the  extent  to  w^jioh  a  given 


field  is  cGrvod. 

Conuidor,  for  example,  the  great  city  of  London  itaolf.  It  will 
bo  generally  ugroeu,  by  impartial  critics,  that  tho  olootricol  supply 
of  London  considered  eu  a  whole  is  obsolete  and  inefficient  both  os 


regards  employment  of  capital  and  economical  generation  and  distribution 
of  oloctrieal  energy.  Within  recent  years,  throe  attempts  have 

boon  made  to  pass  through  Earliarnent  bills  for  tho  consolidation  of 


olootricul  supply  for  London.  -Two  of  those  bills  were  introduced 
by  syndicates?  roproaonting  private  oapital  and  ono  of  thorn  by  tho 
London  County  Council.  Sho  first  one  passed  to  tho  third  road  tag 
and  was  defeated  only  at  the  last  moment  after  running  tho  gauntlet 
of  tho  special  committees  of  both  liousoo.  The  last  bill  naaaod  tho 
Lords  Committee  but  vias  rejected  by  tho  Commons  CO  wilt  too. 

yho  ovidonoo  brought  out  in  support  of  those  bills  provod  thoir 
merits  beyond  question  but  the  opposition  from  municipal  and  borough 
authorities  as  wall  as  privato  companion  within  tho  Metropolitan  area 


was  in  oaoh  ease  Btrong  enough  to  defeat  tho  legislation. 

Mr.  H,  1\  Earshull,  who  acted  as  toehnioul  expert  for  tho  last  of 
those  hills,  provod  conclusively  in  hiu  ovidonoo  thut  great  advantages 
would  rosult  from  u  plan  under  which  bulk  supply  would  bo  furnished 
to  all  of  the  existing  stations.  It  was  proposed  that  they  should 
retain  thoir  distributing  aysteas,  while  being  enabled  to  give  bettor 
service  and  effect  Joint  economies  of  botwona  two  and  threo  million 


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dollars  por  araium. 

In  tho  area  sohedulod  In  the  Mil,  with  a  population  of  approximately 
7,860,000,  thorn  aro  seventy-six  oleotrio  puhlio  service  stations; 
thirty-six  operated  by  local  authorities  and  thirty  by  distributing 
oompaniou.  Sight  aro  operated  by  railway  oompanioo,  ono  by  a  tramway 
aompany,  and  ono  by  tho  Loudon  County  Counoil,  also  far  atreet  rail¬ 
ways.  forty-seven  of  thooo  stations  nro  within  tho  County  of  London 
and  twenty-nina  outoiaoo. 

Tho  oaso  for  tho  hill  an  brought  out  in  Hr.  Sarohall’e  evidence  was 
suhotantially  as  follows: 

Out  of  tho  total  number  of  sovonty-Bix  atations,  only  ono  (that 
belonging  to  the  London  County  Counoil  at  Greenwich)  is  advantageously 
situated,  as  regards  coal  and  water  facilities.  fivo  others,  althougn 
oituatod  on  tho  Thames.  aro  under  tho  necessity  of  employing  bargoc 
for  oonvoying  ooal.  Involving  additional  expense.  Clio  remainder  aro 
aituated  inland  and  have  no  wator  for  condensing  purposes.  Como  few 
rooolvo  ooal  by  rail  or  oanal  direct,  but  the  majority  of  them  suffer 
a  further  disadvantage  of  having  to  curt  ooal  from  wharves  or  sidinge. 

Tho  majority  of  those  powor  atationu  are  located  so  as  to  be  s 
nuisance  und  will  boo ono  more  und  more  objeotionuble  if  they  aro  develop¬ 
ed  so  as  to  noet  the  ultimate  domand  for  eleotrioity  in  London. 

Che  supply  given  from  thouo  stations  varies  both  in  hind  und 
pressure.  They  are  not  in  a  position  to  cooperate  with  ouoh  other  and 
eaoh  must  be  o porotod  largely  as  a  separate  unit  and  have  its  own  spare 
plant  and  reserve. 

Direct  current  is  supplied  at  eighteen  different  pressures,  wMlo 
alternating  current  is  supplied  in  tho  form  of  single  phase,  two-^hase. 
and  three-phase,  with  eight  different  frequencies,  ana  eighteen  different 


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proo Bures. 

Obviously  cheap  supply  could  not  bo  obtained  by  any  system  of 
linking  up  suoh  stations,  and  the  only  alternative  v»as  to  put  down 
one  or  moro  oontral  bulk  supply  ututionu. 

Out  of  a  total  invostnont  upon  ull  tho  generating  plants  of 
§47,500.000.  upwards  of  $19,500,000..  has  boon  expended  on  lend  and 
buildings  only. 

Por  this  sum  a  oompleto  bulk  supply  installation  of  a  oaya- 
oity  approximately  equal  to  tho  prosont  output  of  all  tho  stations 
could  be  provided,  with  generating  works,  transmission  and  distribution 
ays torn  and  transformation  to  tho  pressure  and  kind  required  by  tho 
authorised  distributors. 

Those  wore  the  grounds  on  whioh  powers  were  sought  to  establish 


a  central  Btation  for  bulk  supply. 

Prominent  menbora  of  the  Government  in  apoeonos  in  tho  House  of 
Commons  heartily  supported  the  principles  embodied  in  the  bill.  Winston 
Churohill  said: 

"They  wore  compelled  to  aeo  in  the  foreground  two  main  faots-the 
greatness  of  London  and  tho  importance  of  a  cheap  supply  of  electricity. 

They  saw  tho  groat  oat  city  in  the  world . the  groutoot  manufacturing 

centre,  tho  greatest  port,  the  greatest  centre  of  human  activity.  They 

. . pooplo  living  under  condi ti one  of  tho  highest  artifiolal- 

lty . 6£oy  saw  that  to  all  thoBe  millions,  rioh  and  poor  alike  , 

whother  in  their  unite  or  in  combination,  cheap  and  abundant  electric¬ 
ity  was  scarcely  leas  important  than  cheap  and  abundant  food.  Any  hon. 
member  who  stood  between  this  great  oity  of  London  and  an  absolutely 
modern  and  uniform  system  of  electric  supply  would  run  tho  gravest  risk 
and  assume  the  gravost  responsibility. n 


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David-Lloyd-CJoorgo  said: 

"Thoy  thought  that  the  question  of  the  supply  of  electricity  la 
hulk  to  London  wuu  u  Matter  of  such  raugnitudo  that  It  ought  to  he 
conBidorod  hy  a  Oomittoe  of  the  Kouue.. ...... .Last  year  It  -.mo  agree*' 

on  all  handB  that  the  quo at  ion  of  the  supply  of  electricity  in  hulk 
for  all  purposes  waa  ono  of  tho  utraoat  importance  to  the  great  act  rsn- 
ufhcturing  city  in  tho  nor  Id-  a  city  of  aaull  manufacturers.  And  it 
■wan  nltjo  agreed  that  thio  aaa  particularly  a  oobo  for  a  coll  onto  for 
tho  provision  of  electricity  in  hulk  by  cone  grout  central  body.” 

There  io  a  very  general  feeling  that  something  ought  to  bo  dono, 
and  done  quickly,  for  tho  purpoao  of  supplying  London  with  ohoup 

oloctrioity  for  power  . . After  all  It  1b  uliaoiit 

ontiroly  u  buninoos  natter,  and  it  is  a  grout  pity  that  it  should 
havo  hocoiao  a  question  which  lias  ongagod  partioo  uu  if  it  were  purely 
a  political  probloin,  v/hloh  it  is  not.'v 

Hichard  3.  Hal  dune,  iiocrotury  of  dtato  for  V/ar  said; 

"In  tho  Hast  of  Loudon  there  hub  an  enormous  area  which  wuu  vnry 

insufficiently,  if  at  all,  supplied  with  electric  power . 

•”fh0B0  were  not  duyo  in  which  wo  could  stand  still.  7)w  House  of 
Commons,  after  all,  had  to  look  to  tho  intercuts  of  the  industrial! 

of  tho  country . «hon  they  found  tho  potition  of  thooo  people 

put  up  for  greater  industrial  Xncilitioo . then  he  would  say  that 

tho  Houco  ohould  puuao  before  it  rejected  uuch  a  Bill  as  thin.  no 
truatod  that  no  miotakon  notion  of  the  jrlghtu  of  municipalities  would 
prevent  the  House  from  uanotiouing  the  pttuciplo  of  a  measure  which  at 
least  would  give  an  opportunity  of  considering  whether  something  suh- 
otantlal  could  not  be  done  to  further  tho  industrial  interests  of  the 


people  of  Loudon." 


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.  *  -iq-  , 

It  lo  difficult  to  undoratand  how  tho  variouu  individual  borough 
and  private  companion  could  fall  to  take  advent  a  ea  of  suol.  an  opportun¬ 
ity  to  modernise  the  viola  electrical  supply  «>*  ^udon’  «aoh  rotuiU' 
l„g  it.  attributing  business  on  u  more  profitable  basis.  Ac  u  outtar 
of  fact  many  of  the  individual  companies  ami  borough  councils  uupport- 
od  tho  bill  but  a  -croat  many  vigorously  and  offeotlvely  opposed  it. 
cnd  tendon  io  still  without  an  adequate  supply  of  olootrio  poser  for 
all  our  per.  or.  „t  a  coat  and  on  a  uealo  appropriate  to  Its  Bine.  Share 
appears  moreover  little  livelihood  of  present  conditions  being  changed 
for  aoao  time  to  coae. 

Ho  bettor  aaamplo  than  this  could  be  cited  of  the  restricting 
effect  of  tho  principle  of  Municipal  control  and  a  multiplicity  of 
service  in  a  given  community. 

auoh  conditions  encourage  or  even  z»V.  necessary  tho  eKtablish- 
mont  by  individual  power  uflora  of  iaolutod  plants  which  arc  no  more 
justified  in  nroaswell  oorvod  by  largo  central  stations  than  would 
bo  email  isolated  water  worho. 

Conoidor  no.  .  eomiu.lty  bb.r.  4i~.trlo.Uy  oppoulU  oo.altlo.o 
„j„t,  a»lolj»ll«.tio»  lib.  ».  W  *"*•««■*  «* 

Ooxb.«  io  o.rv.a  W  ono  ...nrobonoiv.  »4  •«««•« 
lnntocd  of  by  «  nonb.r  o£  *»11  MkKMI** 

Imall  in  hi.  rooont  .Ur..e  boforo  tb.  .«««->  »■*»■ 
ootiiaotoA  tint  tb.  ,<wartl«  «*»•*  *«■  “”rSy 

for  transportation,  UBbt  u„a  pmr  b,  M«  .«!»»£.  *»• 

company  of  0„i«nBo.  -«.!«—  .-toll.  tb.  oltf  UM«.  «“»*» 
two  and  ono  half  Millions  of  peoplo. 

tb,  fiyuro.  St™  —  ««  "»  M0° 

aorta*  in  MM.  In  MM  -  «■».«“  — 


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aatimatoo  that  not  more  than  one- third  to  one-half  of  tho  total  poao- 
lbl.o  demand  1b  now  being  supplied,  the  eleotrieal  output  of  tho 
Commonwealth  iidicon  Company  inoroauod  from  10,000,000  i-  ilowutt  hours 
goixorat od  la  1900  to  000.000,000  In.  1912,  which  is  equivalent  accord¬ 
ing  to  tho  lCloctrical  ?i««u  of  London  to  about  76<  of  tlio  oloutrtool 
or.crgy  produced  In  tho  whole  of  Groat  Britain.  At  tho  bum  tino 
thtiro  has  boon  a  utoady  uoorcuee  in  ecet  of  production  and  consequent 
reductions  in  price  of  el  a  u  trio  al  energy  to  tho  eonaumor. 

Those  remarkable  roauits  culminating  in  the  boo  a  of  cheap  energy 
available  ovor  a  wide  opr  end  ur<«a,  are  andr,  possible  by  the  great 
diversity  in  oharaoter  of  load  connected  to  tho  linos  and  consequent 
high  load  factor  and  could  not  otherwise  bo  made  possible. 


In  now  Tork,  khilu  dolphin,  Boston  and  other  large  American  centred, 
results  similar  in  character,  though  varying  in  dogroo,  have  boon  attain- 
od. 


It  is  obviouB  th*it  Central  xifations  of  relatively  snail  oupaoltieo 
oporating  within  confined  territorial  limits  cannot  give  tho  public 
theoo  benefit 8. 

It  is  a  physical  and  eoonoialo  Impossibility  for  a  fully  devslopod 
oorvioo  to  bo  oxt ended  up  to  a  restricted  boundary  lino  «nd  stop,.od 
there.  If  tho  extremes  of  service  oro  limited  by  municipal  boundary 
linoB,  tho  area  fully  oorvad  must  llo  well  within  auch  boundaries.  If 
on  the  other  hand.  tho  whole  of  o  municipal  area  u?  to  tho  bounfiarioc 
is  fully  served,  the  extremes  of  service  must  extend  beyond  tho  bound¬ 
ary  lines.  Moreover  tho  outlying  districts  cannot  be  properly 

served  at  all  uuleeu  their  requirements  form  port  of  a  oombinod  load 
with  tho  larger  oentres  of  population  as  a  br.aio. 

A  Community  cun  no  more  receive  the  fullest  benefits  of  cheap  and 


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affloiont  electric  power  mipply  under  the  restriction  of  municipal 
control  than  they  sonld  enjoy  the  advantages  of  railroad  communication 
nhilo  owning  and  attempting  to  independently  operate  the  linos  that 
happen  to  lio  within  their  bordcra. 

Comparative  figure o  au  to  established  elect  rioal  services  general¬ 
ly  in  yagland  and  in  the  Unit  oft  Staten  are  interesting. 

xhe  total  mil on  go  of  street  Our  hinne  in  tho  United  > ingdoin  with 
itP.  population  of  46,000,000  is  equal  to  approximately  the  mileego  of 
the  litato  of  Pew  'fori  or  -'e  nun  ylvania  {not  both  but  one  of  thane 
Biatoa)  with  populat :ione  of  9,113,000  and  7.605,000  respectively. 

From  tho  top  of  any  of  the  high  buildings  in  'few  fork  an  observer  May 
coot  hie  eye  over  an  area  lying  almost  at  hia  foot  (Manhattan, Brooklyn, 
west choator  and  Hew  Jersey  Ciuburbs) .  with  a  population  of  6,500,000 
that  ia  carved  by  60;i  more  unit  electric  carts  titan  are  to  bo  found  in 
the  whole  of  the  United  Kingdom. 

In  the  field  of  electric  lighting  comparative  conditions  aro  much 
tho  same . 

There  were  in  the  United  Kingdom  approximately  460  Central 
Stations  according  to  the  published  list  of  -huso  1912.  i’ov  the  United 
Staton  tho  roc or da  of  tho  aarao  date  show  about  5900. 

In  Znglund  tho  larger  communities  only  aro  uorved.  75,.-  of  tho 
plant u  being  in  towns  of  over  10000  population.  In  tho  United  States 
0B£  of  tho  Central  Stations  serve  places  of  lose  than  5000  population. 

Modern  Improvements  in  high  tension  apparatus  and  transmission 
appliances,  have  made  possible  tho  construction  of  long  distance  lines 
th»t  a  fa*  yaara  a®,  wl*  to™  t"»  n°  “0”r‘  01 

lott  r.UaMU.y  aai  a«t.  «  ■  t  -»•  «»»*“  th“  “°”ia  “* 


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,  -13-  •  ' 

map port  any  oort  of  Independent  iontral  Motion  and  towns  for«orly  in¬ 
efficiently  nerved  are  enjoying  high  class  olootrio  service  fron  trans¬ 
mission  linos  that  could  not  exist  if  Halt*  K  ^mioirnl  or  oven  ateto 
boundaries.  Uaalabl#  m|A  ollt)ap  power  lo  convoyed  into  remote  and  rural 
dietriots  to  ho  used  for  mining,  forming,  ico  production,  Irrigation  or 
industrial  '.tor*.  Ho  territorially  etmfiacu  service  could  supply  these 

markets.  ^  ^  B0<jtlin  of  tho  state  of  Illinois  come  fifty  »»31 
station  have  been  closed  end  the  sumo  comnmitioa  arc  getting  hotter 
service  from  four  station  that  also  supply  intervening  territory  not 
formerly  served  at  nil*  U  «“torn  Penuoylvuda,  s  e Anglo  vowor  houao 
distributee  olootrlonl  energy  for  transportation,  light  and  pew  to  126 
munioipalit iee  with  a  total  population  of  about  900,000  aeatteroA  over 
a.i  area  of  60  ailoa  radius.  01.e  ,-aciXlo  Saa  *  H»«otri*  Co.  my>M 
about  60*;.  of  the  population  of  California.  She  Southern  L‘«wr  Oo.  dio- 
tributou  electrical  energy  over  prnotloelly  the  whole  of  the  State  of 
South  Carolina.  2JWM  arc  but  typical  examples. 

•It  appears  reasonable  to  predict  that  in  a  few  poors  all 
sections  having  any  substantial  population  will  be  served  by  nat-aorfca  of 
transmission  lines,  and  tho  fallout  benefit a  of  the  principle  of  infinite 
subdivision  of  electrical  energy  first  developed  by  Kr.  •’.Muon  for  incan¬ 
descent  lighting  and  non  the  foundation  of  electric  power  supply 

will  be  mail sod.  fhis  applies  not  only  to  tho  United  States  but  wher¬ 
ever  there  am  no  artificial  harriers  to  the  extend  on  of  such  lixwa. 

in  uddltion  to  tho  free  scope  uf  private  capital  to  develop 
tiorvloo  in  «  given  territory  without  regard  to  municipal  boundaries, 
snotbor  atiraulnt ing  factor  has  boon  at  work  for  several  yours  in  the 
United  States;  a  factor  that  is  ono  of  tho  most  important  phases 


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-K- 

of  tho  olootrioal  industry  at  thin  time  -  i.o.,  tho  Holding  Company. 

Out  of  tho  total  Hut  of  ooparato  Central  BtationB  In  tho  United 
atatoo  (approximately  6900,  na  already  stated),  about  1000  are  now 
inoludod  in  oao  or  another  of  tho  holding  ooupuny  groupB,  of  vhioh  thoro 
ara  over  1B0  in  number-  ?ho  liBt  of  properties  under  centra  1  iaod  con¬ 
trol  on  A  siianngeaont  embraces  praotioui ly  ell  of  tho  larger  oition  and 
tho  number  of  proportion  eo  controlled  and  managed  iu  steadily  lu¬ 
cre  a  o  in  g. 

•’ho  ooonony  of  bringing  together  under  ono  Jurluuiotion  tho  mcn- 
agomont  of  u  number  of  separate  proportion  1b  general ly  regarded  as 
tho  chief  function  of  holding  companion  mid  tho  principal  juatifi cation 
of  their  oxiutonuo,  iVhilo  tho  oconomy  due  to  ooutral  wnnugeaont  Id 
a  matter  of  very  groat  importance,  it  lu  by  no  moans  t5io  ohiof  advantage 
of  tho  holding  oompuny  ByBtem.  flit*  standard  of  high  olaas..  oorvioo 
that  is  now  bo  generally  eatabliBhod  in  tho  United  atatea,  tho  bouofito 
of  tho  best  teohnioal  and  export  advieo  appliod  to  ovciry  Central  Station, 
subBtation  and  distributing  ay atom,  tho  cumulative  uffoet  of  uotivo  up 
to  date  now  business  caapaigno  applied  at  every  point,  ull  resulting  in 
improved  and  oheapor  oorvioo  to  tho  consumers,  aro  directly  duo  to 
oontrallBod  control  and  operation  und  without  tho  facilities  of  auoh  a 
eyotom  oould  only  exist  in  the  larger  oeKEiunitioo. 

3a ok  of  oil  uuoh  conaidorat iona,  however,  lioa  tho  great  problem 
of  financing  tlieao  undertakings.  Before  economy  in  operation,  engineer¬ 
ing  ouporvluion  or  now  buainouB  development  como  within  tho  rungo  of 
practical  politioo,  the  Control  Station,  traaemiaalon  linos,  distribut¬ 
ing  DyBtea  and  other  machinery  of  aervioo  must  bo  oroatod. 

In  providing  financing  faoilitiou  far  these  purpoaeo,  tho  Holding 
Company  performs  itu  most  important  function. 


In  fact  tho  nood 


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-It-  ' 

for  ouoh  faoilitieB  to  meet  tlio  growing  demands  of  the  public  for 
olootrio  oervioo  called  tbo  Holding  Companion  into  existence,  tbelr 
oroation  being  duo  more  to  financial  necessity  than  prootioal  and 
oconomio  advnntago. 

When  tho  huge  amounto  of  capital  required  to  hoop  pace  with  tho 
domand  for  oorvioo  are  considered  it  aunt  be  obvious  that  (inch  sums 
can  only  bo  attracted  by  securities  having  not  only,  a  nation  wide  but 
an  international  market. 

According  to  Hr.  Vandorlip  of  tho  national  City  dank  of  How  Yoifc , 
now  capital  at  tho  rate  of  uuy  $0, 000,000.  a  week  -  *'400,000,000.  a 
yoar  -  for  uovoral  yearn  to  ooao  will  bo  required  if  proaent  progress 
Id  to  continue. 

In  order  to  carry  out  such  u  programme  tho  J.ubuob  muat  bo  largo 
and  bn chad  by  a  high  diversity  fqotor.  It  la  exactly  these  oharnoter- 
iBticB  that  tho  Holding  Company  uakeu  poutiible.  Through  ouoh  uoiapnnlos 
undor  fair  and  reasonable  regulation  tho  necessary  fiuuuoiul  uupport 
may  bo  expected. 

Should  tho  attitude  of  hostility  and  prohibition  being  avidonood 
in  certain  political  quartern  against  Holding  Companies  prevui 1  olootri- 
oal  development  ovon  in  tho  largest  near, unit! ob  will  bo  rotardod  and  tho 

hope  of  gonoral  aorvloo  to  outlying  areas  doBtroyofl.  SheBe  principles 

oonnot  bo  too  otrongly  impressed  upon  tho  omul  lor  ooran  unit ion  who  aro 
nftor  all  moot  vitally  affeotod. 

Advooatos  of  reotriotion  through  municipalization  or  tho  prohibition 
of  Holding  Companies  invariably  udvanoe  their  arguments  on  tho  grounds 
of  the  greatest  good  to  tho  greatest  number.  They  may  well  consider 

not  only  tho  deannds  of  the  power  consumer  but  the  vast  armies  employod 

in  tho  oanufhoturo  of  electrical  and  kindred  products  to  meet  those  de¬ 
mands. 


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-16- 

Xn  tho  United  3tutos  there  are  very  few  firat  oloss  elaotrlo 
Central  Stations  publicly  operated  and  a  good  many  attempt  a  at  muni¬ 
cipal  operation  on  a  small  scale  have  Moulted  in  ouch  Issues  and 
ouch  unsatisfactory  service  that  the  prop, ,rt loo  have  been  Bold  to 
private  companion.  There  toe  been  talk  even  in  inland  of  the 
advi liability  of  selling  o«ue  of  the  municipal  plants  that  acknowledge 
a  substantial  deficit,  to  private  operators;  but  anyone  reeling 
public  office,  who  should  actively  udvocato  thlB  policy  would  pro¬ 
bably  got  littxo  support  at  the  pell a. 

Unfortunately,  in  at?  large  eoisauoity  whore  the  yield  from 
rat0B  and  taxes  iu  considerable,  a  deficit  from  tho  operation  of  ouch 
a  commercial  department  an  lighting  or  street  railway  service  may  ho 
perpetuated,  or  almoat  indoftoitoly  imotoiwd. 

Kuaiclpal  ownership  is  to  a  large  extent  private  ownership 
in  the  sense  that  the  tax  payers  are.  in  their  private  capacities, 
virtual  stookholdors  bat  without  tho  advantage  of  lifted  liability 
while  tho  so  called  -rivnto"  enterprise  is  in  a  large  measure  While, 
both  in  tho  iA«uro  of  the  service  and  the  wide  distribution  of  se¬ 
curities.  As  far  us  tax  payers  are  concerned,  they  are  gonorolly 
in  opposition  to  such  municipal  operation  and  fool  that  those  who 
are  inclined  to  invest  in  electrical  enterprises  should  be  allowed 


to  do  so  voluntarily  and  that  tho  individual  should  not  be  forood 
to  assume  such  a  risk  against  Ms  will;.  In  (.very  large  community 
however  tho  financial  ly  responsible  tax  payors  are  a  minority  and 
certainly  in  most  eases  of  municipal  ownership,  they  have  boon  com¬ 
pelled  by  an  irresponsible  majority  to  establish  services.  This 
outcome  of  modern  political  systems  has  been  regarded  with  frank 
complacency  by  the  uo-oallod  "Socialistic''  element,  that  appears 


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always  to  forgot  that  ouah  quosti'or.o '  ndjuot  thomoolvoo  without  regard 
to  tho  vo too  of  popular  majorities.  so  wo  find  that  whorovor  tho 
opportunity  for  free  private  on tor prison  ban  boon  restricted,  tho  aor- 
vioos  are  dwarfed  and  it  in  tho  general  public  and  act  tho  tax  paying 
minority  that  suffer.;  most  through  Inch  of  the  full  benefits  of  cheap 


trnnapo  rtat  ioa,  lighting  and  Kindred  feioilitios. 

That  thoro  taa  hoon  just  cauao  fox-  dlaaatiti faction  on  tho  part  of 
tho  public  in  souo  auaon  cannot  bo  denied  but  when  ooudit ions  ua  a 
whole  nro  fairly  analysed  such  canon  will  he  found  optional. 

The  latent  product  of  oleotrio  public  utility  development  io  tho 
public  sorvioo  Commission,  which  in  an  natural  an  euteoao  of  modern 
conditions  and  public  necessity  in  thin  field  as  i0  the  Holding  Company. 

.'hero  io  fortunately  good  reason  to  expect  that  the  establishment 
of  these  ComisBiono  in  the  varioua  Mates  will  generally  abate  and  in 
many  instances  entirely  remove  friction  and  mutual  Entrust  between 
Public  dor vico  Companies  and  tho  political  authorities  and  public  of 
tho  communities  served. 

Generally  those  commies  lone,  although  often  unde  up  of  men  not 
previously  schooled  in  matters  of  public  uorrleo,  3mvo  shown  o  dis¬ 
position  to  ho  fair  and  equitable  in  their  regulations  when  they  ha vo 
lone  face  to  face  with  tho  practical  conditions  they  tad  to  deal  with. 

The  recent  address  by  Ur.  John  It.  Sooner,  Chairman,  of  tho  Wis¬ 
consin  Commission  before  the  society  for  Hi oc tried  Development  was 
a  atril'-ing  example  of  this  disposition. 

tJambnous  applications  for  authority  to  compote  in  districts  al¬ 
ready  well  served  have  recently  culled  forth  from  the  Oregon  Public 
Utilities  Commission,  the  following  statement : 

"One  oompuny  properly  regulated  mid  administered  can  generally 


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,  AQ- 

<  i  , 

givo  bettor  and  aheapor  oorvloo  than  two.  It  is  a  wueto  of  capital 
and  lo  u  disadvantage  to  u  oity  to  have  two  outo  of  tol ophona  and 
olootrio  light  vdrou  and  poleB  oiuabering  tho  otrootB  whan  ona  otm  bo 
undo  to  serve  tho  sumo  purpose.  Moat  utiltioB  are  natural  Kionopoliea 
and  tho  highoet  effieioncy  and  lowest  rutoo  aru  only  noeuiblo  v?hen 
oaoh  ono  hae  tho  ontiro  businoau  of  a  given  oity  or  territory.  Non 
that  wo  have  the  right  and  duty  to  rogulate  all  publio  service  corp¬ 
orations,  tho  ill  effects  of  monopoly  taay  ho  oooapofi  uud  ut  tho  camo 
ti:io  tho  bonofioiul  rouultB  of  economy  and  offiolonoy  realised." 

A  oiailar  attitude  hau  boon  ado  .  tod  by  other  .jtato  OomulSBions; 
notably  tisooualn  and  California. 

rublio  utility  operators  huvo  little  to  four  from  the  regulations 
Of  a  body  of  officials  standing  on  Bunn  a  platform. 

Tho  utrongor  olonout u  ougagod  in  thin  field  should  uovoto  them¬ 
selves  to  a  campaign  of  oduoation  of  tho  publlo  ut  largo  ua  oonnumoro, 
tho  municipal  uuthoritiou  and  ,-ubllC  Service  Oo:aajiauionorct.  7hoy  Bhould 
moreover  uso  every  proper  moans  at  their  command  to  diBoourugo  unsound 
developments  and  ovor-eupitalisation  oaloulcttod  to  dioerodit  tho  in¬ 
dustry  ao  a  whole  and  adopt  u  policy  of  tho  grout  eat  potaBiblo  liberality 
in  dealing  with  municipalities  in  connection  with  tho  BUpply  of  power 
for  atroot  lighting,  pumping  of  water  for  public  uboq  and  for  ull  other 
purpoaou  that  uro  universally  rooognized  ue  being  within  tho  legitimate 
ooopo  of  munioipal  control  and  regulation. 

Under  ouoh  conditions  with  a  full  undorotanding  by  the  publio  of 
tho  benefit b  that  uooruo  from  private  initiative  properly  applied  and 
fairly  regulated  eleetrioal  utilities  will  doBurve,  and  undoubtedly  bo 
aooordod.  popular  confidence,  appreciation  and  support. 


'ICE 


PATERSON,  N.  . . — 

Schenectady,  I'J.  Y.,  Dec. 


Mr.  W.  M.  Brock, 

Supt. Public  Service  Elec.  Co., 

Paterson,  I'J.  J. 

%  dear  Mr.  Brock 

I  am  no w  sending  you  under  separate 
cover  the  two  exterior  and  two  interior  views  of  the 
Shamokin  Station  which  you  kindly  loaned  me  several 
weeks  ago.  We  have  had  negatives  made  from  these 
photographs,  and  if  you  should  want  copies  at  any 
time  I  shall  he  only  too  pleased  to  get  them  for 
you.  I  also  intend  to  have  some  magic  lantern  slides 
made  so  as  to  be'. able  to  add  the  views  of  this  station 
to  my  pioneer  list. 

With  kind  regards  and  best  wishes. 


I  am 


Yours  very  truly. 


W.  S.  ANDREWS, 

Consulting  Engineering  Dept. 


New  Jersey. 


Dear  Sir:- 


We  wish  to  acknowledge  the  reoeipt  of  your  telegraip 
of  congratulations  on  the  occasion  of  the  oelebration  of  the 
30th  Anniversary  of  the  organization  of  this  Bureau. 

We  wish  to  assure  you  that  it  is  indeed  a  great 
personal  satisfaction  to  feel  that  this  oooasion  has  warranted 
an  expression  of  good  wishes  from  the  man  who  is  to-day  the 
most  prominent  in  eleotrioal  life. 

And  we  desire  to  convey  to  you  not  only  our  sincere 
appreciation  of  your  good  wishes,  but  to  express  to  you  our 
feeling  of  admiration  and  respect. 

Please  aooept  from  us  our  congratulations  and  our 
best  wishes  for  your  future  happiness  for  years  to  oome. 

MEMBERS  OF  ELECTRICAL  INSPECTION  BUREAU. 


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New  Jersey. 


Dear  Sir:- 

We  wish  to  acknowledge  the  reoeipt  of  your  telegraf 
of  congratulations  on  the  occasion  of  the  celebration  of  the 
30th  Anniversary  of  the  organization  of  this  Bureau. 

We  wish  to  assure  you  that  it  is  indeed  a  great 
personal  satisfaction  to  feel  that  this  occasion  has  warranted 
an  expression  of  good  wishes  from  the  man  who  iB  to-day  the 
most  prominent  in  eleotrioal  life. 

And  we  desire  to  oonvey  to  you  not  only  our  Binoere 
appreciation  of  your  good  wishes,  but  to  express  to  you  our 
feeling  of  admiration  and  respeot. 

Please  accept  from  us  our  congratulations  and  our 
best  wishes  for  your  future  happiness  for  years  to  come. 

MEMBERS  OF  ELECTRICAL  INSPECTION  BUREAU. 


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Edison  General  File  Series 
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employees  and  prospective  employees.  Also  included  are  letters  soliciting 
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Among  the  documents  for  1913  is  an  undated  list  in  Edison's  hand  of 
questions  to  be  asked  of  applicants  for  the  position  of  electro-chemist.  There 
are  also  communications  by  Edison’s  chief  engineer  Miller  Reese  Hutchison 
concerning  wages  and  working  conditions  of  current  employees,  including  the 
designers  and  draftsmen  of  the  Kinetoscope.  In  addition,  there  is  a  printed 
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Lakeside  Ave., 

West  Orange,  N.  J. 

liy  dear  Mr.  Edison; 

A  Chemist,  Max  Y-ung  has 
position.  He  claims  to  have  worked 
months. 

Pill  yon  kindly  advise 
capable,  honest,  sober,  and  industrious 
glad  to  know  the  reason  for  his  leaving  your  empli 
Your  answer  Pill  be  considered  strictly  confix 
Hoping  for  an  early 

Sincerely  yours, 

BUREAU  OF  ASSOCIATED  CHARITIES 

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East  Orange,  N.J.  ^ 
My  dear  Mr.  Edison:- 


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I  iiope  you  have  not  forgotten  me  since  my  pleas¬ 
ant  trip  across  the  ocean  with  yon  in  comp ary  tdth  Mr. Cooper  Hewitt  two 
Summers  ago,  and  on  the  strength  of  tills  I  am  going  to  ask  of  you  a 
favor. 


I  have  "brought  over  hare  and  have  "been  instrumental  in 
partly  educating  a  young  french  engineer,  who  speaks  English  and  writes 
it  perfectly.  He  has  "been  for  two  years,  since  his  graduation,  in  the 
employ  of  the  Western  Electric  Company  as  chief  of  design  in  their 
Paris  agency.  He  left  there  on  my  advice,  his  life  "being  made  quite 
impossible  "by  their  Chief  Engineer. 

He  has  specialized  himself  in  telephone  work,  and  I  would  "be 
most  gratified  if  in  your  laboratory  you  saw  the  possibilities  of  giving 
liim  a  chance.  He  has  had  'the  best  possible  education  in  his  line  of 
work,  having  all  the  diplomas  necessary  from  the  Sorbonne  and  from  the 
National  School  of  Industrial  Physics  and  Chemistry.  I  want  to  say 
that  I  personally  guarantee  him  in  every  respect.  He  is  intelligent, 
faithful  and  ambitious,  has  the  very  best  manners,  and  belongs  to  a 
most  respectable  family  whom  I  have  knovm  for  twnety  years. 

As  far  as  salary  Is  concerned,  it  is  quite  a  secondary  matter 
He  was  getting  fifty  dollars  a  month  on  the  other  side,  and  all  lie  wants 


WvnnEX  A!»I1  WliTMOliK 


Thomas  Edison,  Esu. — 2. 


January  29,1913. 


is  what  he  is  callable  of  making  good  for.  Again  let  me  say  that  I 
would  appreciate  it  greatly  if  you  could  3ee  a  possible  way  of  giving 
him  a  job,  or  if  not,  suggest  where  I  might  send  him  here  in  ITew  York, 
where  I  wish  to  keep  him  on  account  of  his  father,  who  is  old  and 
rather  infirm,  and  from  whom  he  has  been  spearated  for  twelve  years 
while  educating  iiimself  in  France. 

Believe  me,  my  dear  Mr.  Edison, 


Very  truly  yours, 


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February  10,  1913. 


'U,  Fuat  Hiver, 
Jiev;  York  City. 


Gentlemen: 

X  iim  considering  the  question  of 

•n«*.  rr~  KStS  ffi  tsz  sr*. 

engineering  plant.  »*-  £ 1  ‘  t0  his  ability, 

your  employ  .«d  roi  y  u^  ^  ^  yQur  in_ 

for  of  him;  no/only  as  to  utility,  but  also  as^to 

possible  ^einployee'^on^whoM^omii^eruble^resnonsibility 

would  rc3t. 


'Thanking  you  in  udvai 
courtesy  you  may  extend,  1  remain, 


e  for  any 


Yours  very  truly, 


JPS-E 


Clyde  Steamship  Company 
Mallory  Steamship  Company 


GENERAL  OFFICES.  PIEI 


MR.  THOMAS  EDISON 

ORANGE  N  J 


New  York  '  pah.  13,1913 

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DEAR  SIR!- 

Replying  to  yours  of  the  10 th  inst.  regarding  Mr. 

Maurice  Healy,  I  to  say:  he  ,vas  in  the  employ  of  the  Mallory 

S.S.Go . ,  prior  to  the  present  organization. 

I  find  on  looking  up  his  record  that  he  had  the  raputatio, 
of  being  sober,  reliable  and  a  competent  engineer  and  otherwise  his 
reputation  seems  to  be  excellent. 

Yours  truly, 


February  13 ,  1913 . 


,  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Attention  Mr.  Headowcrof t , 
Edison  Laboratory, 
Orange ,  H .  J . 


Dear  Sir: 

in  answer  to  yours  of  the  10th,  we  would  advise  you 
that  Maurice  Healy  was  employed  by  this  Company  as  fireroom 
engineer  and  engineer  at  different  times  between  Hovember  1, 
1905 ,  and  July  25,  1910.  On  the  latter  date  he  left  the 
Company  of  his  own  accord.  His  services  were  entirely  satis 
factory . 


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Saturday  last,  and  your  acceptance  of  my  offer  of  a 
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expeot  you  here  on  the  morning  of  April  14th. 


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STORAGE  BATTEI 

,  ILS* 


Alabama  in  applied  chemistry. 

Age  31  years,  married. 

Employed  as  follows ; 

•Rational  Enameling  and  Stamping  Co.,  Granite  City, 
Til.  as  Assistant  Chemist,  for  l£  years. 

Timken  Roller  Bearing  Axle  Co.,  Canton,  Ohio,  as 
Chief  Chemist  and  Metallurgist  for  three  years. 

Hyatt  Roller  Bearing  Co.,  Harrison,  H.  J. ,  for 
3£  years  as  chief  chemist. 

Houghton  and  Co.  of  Sheffield,  England  (0.  B.  A. 
office)  for  one  year  as  steel  salesman. 


Has  general  kmaiedge  of  chemistry  and  has  engaged 
in  considerable  research  work  in  steel,  copper  plating,  etc. 

•  Would  expect  salary  of  $125.00  per  month,  minimum. 
Inasmuch  as  you  handle  the  chemical  end  of  the 
game,  I  wish  to.  ask  if  you  need  such  a  man  either  in  Silver 

Lake  or  in  the  Laboratory.  yj  f 

M.  R.  HtfTfiKKOH. 


LABOR  MEN  AMD  WORKIHG  PEOPLE  IH  ORAHGE 


The  Union  in  this  City.  This  is  the  last  time  we  call 
you  -  everybody  who  wants  to  go  in  the  Union.  X  think  we 
win  this  time. 


LABOR  MEM 

Don't  he  afraid.  Lose  time  to  oome  in.  Everybody 
wants  more  money  and  want  to  work  less  hours.  Everybody 
W1H  love  you?  Everybody  come  in  on  this  meeting,  Monday, 
April  14th,  at  7  P.M.  He  will  talk  everything  about 
Union,  about  going  out  on  strike  May  1st. 

Everybody  oome. 

UDDERWOOD  HALL, 

20  Cone  ST.,  Orange 

Carmine  Vanni, 

President . 


Industrial  WorKers  of  tHe  World 


Fellow  Workers: 

A  MEETING  of  the  Edison  Workers  will  be 
held  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  our  conditions  and  organizing 
to  better  them. 

Sunday,  April  20th,  1913,  at  1 0  o’clock 
at  Ne-W  Essex  Hall.  136  Essex  St.,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Elizabeth  Gurley  Flynn,  organizer  of  the  I.  W.  W., 
Carlo  Tresca..and  Emmanuel XLC-hristinidis  will  speak. 

ITALIAN!, 

E  ora  di  scuotcrci  di  destarci.  di  organizzarci  per  migliorare  le  nostre  condizioni 
per  ottenere  una  migliore  paga.  una  ridnzioni  di  ore  di  lavoro. 

Divisi  siarao  deboli,  uniti  saremo  forti.  Uno  per  tutti,  tutti  per  uno:  uniamoci  in 
un  solo  fascio  e  prepariamoci  per  lo  sciopero  generate. 

Domenico.  Aprils  20.  avrii  luogo  un  second o  comizio  nella 
NEW  ESSEX  HALl,  136  Essex  Ave.,  Orange,  N.  J..  ore  10  a  m. 
Pnrlernnno:  Carlo  Tresco.  Elizabeth  Gurley  Flynn  ed  E.  D.  Christinidis. 

\\yar.'ipo\  Xuvaoe).<psi.  .  .  .  ,  , 

iWXeuitc  ton  e pyaton  tiov  y.azattr^aton  'Eotaev  Oo  '/.abifi  -/.dip av  tva  tru^- 
tVwixev  too;  opouc  6?  sue  i?yaX,iV*'>a.,  xal  opYavu(ifi|«v  oraoc  tout  xaW.iTepsu aco- 

KYPIAKHN,  20  AIMAIO^EIS  TAS  1 0  II.  M. 

Etc  ™  . 

NEW  ESSEX  HALL.  136  Essex  St..  fcp»nge,  N.  J. 

0a  s|AiM)ffa>ffiv  o  x.  ’EpijzavriuiiX  A.  XpnrriviSric  x<*i  <&>•«  pYpropec. 


My  father  Harry  H.  Browne  as  X  am  led  to  beleive  worked 
in  the  faotory  of  the  Edison  Uo«  on  17th  St  and  AveB  some  twenty 
or  more  years  ago,  he  was  either  a  salesman  or  Manager  ( of  that  I 
am  not  certain)  •  lam  writing  to  yon  to  ascertain  whether  yon  could 
give  me  any  Information  in  regards  to  him  or  his  family;  as  X 
understand  you  had  oharge  of  that  factory  at  t|ip  time. 

I  have  been  trying  for  the  past  2, years  to  get  some 
clue  that  would  lead  me  to  someone  that  could  gi7e  me  some  in¬ 
formation  regarding  him;  the  last  time  X  saw  him  was  about  twenty 
two  yean  ago* 

Shanking  you  in  advance  for  any  information  you  can 
give  me,  and  assuring  you  it  will  be  greatly  appreciated... 


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Orange, 
Dear  Mr.  Edison 


-  7th  St.,  San  Diego, .  Califorj 

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Golden  West- 


Respeotful  greetings  from,  the  Pacific,  Coast^^o-^lt^l,^ 
■humbug. 


More  gold .  in .  the  east,  but  harder .  e|JL- 


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have  oorraled  a  little.  J?'  A  , 

.The  writer  is  returning. home,  to  Paa^iaiV^shortW  a^^feeele 
occupation.  Technical  ;  Clerical  :  Inspection  :.  Custodian  :  Drg^ 
whatever  presents .  .Absorbtion  more  important,  than  r  41,fen,'v' 

tion  !  that  is  it.  Am  not  as  young. as  I  was  when  you  were/ 
wilds  of  New  Jersey  from. the  School  of  Science  of  Princeton  _  _ 

the  early  80s,  but  active  mentally  and  physically.  Can  get  out  now  and 
wheel  50  or  walk  20  miles.  Just  naturally  prefer  to  wear  out/n  congenial 
harness  rather  than  rust  out— on.  the  plains  or  beyond.  '  Ba^nto.the  old 
work  is  desired  and  am  sure:  I  can- make.  it.  tell.  // 

Did  all.  the.  designing  and  drafting  and v^me.  inventing 
for. the  Western  Electric  Company  some  years  ago.  Devised  a  Fantagraph  Eng¬ 
raving  Machine  for.  them  which  saved. -fees,  some  seven,  thousand,  dollars  annu¬ 
ally,  and  of  which  they  now. have  numbers  in. daily  use. 

V/as  with  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Co.  of  Hartford, .  Conn, 
in. their  experimental  work  on  the  first  Automobile  made  and  marketed. in 

this  country  ,  the  Electric  Vehicle  —  and  subsequently  .  Gasolene  Vehicle - 

in  the  capacity  of  expert  and  adviser. in  mechanical  construction, ■ efficien¬ 
cy  and  patentable  novelty.  Arranged  and  typed. Cara^Index  and  Fil^s  of. the 
Patents  of  all  nations  pertaining. to. that  art  to  facilitate. their  examina¬ 
tion  and  reference.  Reported. three. times. the-  issue  and  antecedent. history 
of. the  Selden  Automobile  Patent  insisting  on  their  acquiring. the . same ,  whe 
which. they.  did.  In  the  hands  of  the  Association  of  Licensed  Automobile 
Manufacturers,  consisting  of  80-odd  of  the  largest  makers,. two  million. dot 
lars  net  profit  accrued. 

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at  present  with  the  Atlantic' Fleet  —  in  Range  Finders,  Engine. Telegraphs 
and  Stadimeter  developments.  Did  much  early  work  with  Field,  Essick  and 
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of  Dreamland, . Coney ' Island,  which  was  opened. in  1904,  was  one  of  my. devices. 
It  was  constructed  under  my  supervision  at  a  oost  of  $40,000  by  Mr.  E.C. 

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and  an  answer.  I  feel  you  can  and  will  act  favorably. in. this ,  and  I  will 
appreciate  a  reply  addressed  as  above. to 

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V/ir  bescheinigen  hiermit 

Herrn  Johannes  Sommer, 

geh.  2.  Juni  1892  zn  Chemnitz,  dasa  derselhe  vom  10.  April  1911 
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Stadtisches  Elektrizitatswerk  Chemnitz, 
(gez.)  Tretrop. 


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Absohrift. 


Chemnitz,  den  8.  April  1911* 


Per  Herr 

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ED.  JONES  &  CO. 

general  engravers 

BADGES,  SEALS,  STEEL  STAMPS,  ETC. 

906  Broadway.  Oakland.  Cal. 

Oakland  Cal.  Nov.  7th  1913. 


Thomas  A.  Edison, 

East  Orange  N.J. 

Dear  Sir:- 

I  an  in  quest  of  a  little  information,  and  hope  I  am  not  intrud¬ 
ing  on  good  nature  if  you  answer  same. 

Has  a  party  or  inventor,  Charles  E.  Hilden  hy  name, .worked  m 
vour  laboratory  to  help  perfect  your  kinetophone.  Has  he  sold  any 
part  or  improvement  on  your  kinetophone  outrieht.to  you. 
worked  for  you  please  tell  me  the  lenGht  of  time  and  the  compen¬ 
sation  received. 

He  requests  a  position  with  me  and  cited  you  as  reference- 
Hot  car  inf.  to  have  a  man  in  my  e^loy  untruthful,  I  trust  you  will 
answer  this  letter  at  your  earliest  convenience. 

Thanking;  you  in  advance,  I  am, 

Yours  very  truly, 


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Yours  of  the  7th  inst.  to  hand  asking  us  about  a  party  named 
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having  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  experimental  work  or  Kinetophone 
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clasB  of  machine  work. 

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A  SELECTIVE  MICROFILM  EDITION 
PARTY 
(1911-1919) 


Thomas  E.  Jeffrey 
Senior  Editor 

Brian  C.  Shipley 
Theresa  M.  Collins 
Linda  E.  Endersby 

Editors 

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Indexing  Editor 

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Richard  Mizelle 
Peter  Mikulas 
Indexers 

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